MV93 placement location suggestions

[zack3]

Greetings:

We are demoing a few mv93 fisheye cameras in our school district and im trying to come up with few good spots to set it up. I know its a different type of camera so Im looking to see how other customers have leveraged this camera. Ideally id like to install it indoors on a drop ceiling.  Thoughts/suggestions?

[alemabrahao]

Without knowing your environment, the number of cameras, etc., it's a bit difficult to give any valuable suggestions.

[DarrenOC]

If this is just a proof of concept you could go for:

- dining room

- gym/main hall

- reception/ main corridor into school

These areas you’re guaranteed heavy footfall.

[DarrenOC]

Just checking the datasheets, the mv93 is an outdoor camera.

- car park

- walk way up to reception 

[Ryan_Miles]

It is primarily positioned for outdoor. But as the indoor version, MV33, lacks IR the MV93 can also be used indoor when low light situations are required.

[PhilipDAth]

I tend to use fisheye cameras in the middle of the area to be monitored when it is too expensive or too difficult to use multiple directional cameras.

Sometimes I use fisheye cameras to show overall movement in an area and combine them with directional cameras pointing at the entrance/exits (you use these cameras to capture high-quality images of people's faces).

[BlakeRichardson]

Fisheye cameras are great under airbridges if you have any. Are you looking to replace existing cameras or are you only just introducing CCTV into the district?

[jbright]

All Meraki cameras have a DORI section in their datasheet. DORI stands for Detect, Observe, Recognize and Identify. The data sheet shows what the range limit is for each of these categories. The categories are geared towards a human being. Here are the DORI specifications for the MV93:

DORI Specifications (Maximum Resolution)

• Detect (25 ppm/ 8 ppf)
  • 36.7 m / 120.4 ft
• Observe (63 ppm/ 19 ppf)
  • 14.6 m / 47.9 ft 
• Recognize (125 ppm/ 38 ppf)
  • 7.3 m / 23.9 ft 
• Identify (250 ppm/ 76 ppf)
  • 3.7 m / 12.1 ft 

(PPM stands for Pixels per Meter, PPF is Pixels per Foot)

Using these specifications, you can Detect a person at 120.4 feet, Observe (roughly) what the person is doing at 47.9 feet, Recognize the general features of a person at 23.9 feet and Identify a person at 12.1 feet. 

I have found these specifications for each camera model to be very useful in determining what the best camera model is for a particular location based on what that camera is going to be used for.

[PhilipDAth]

I just learnt something new.

[zack3]

Thanks everyone some good suggestions here. I wasnt aware of the DORI section. Cameras and their placement is a new area for me.  I am aware its an outdfoor camera for now due to the cold we are demoing the camera indoors. Im going to try and place it in a school lunchroom area in the middle to see how it works out.