Greetings IP camera folks,
I'm looking for help in planning my IP camera placement for home surveillance. I have a house surrounded by a wall with three gates plus a garage door, so it has fixed access points. After reading the forums and cliff notes, I think it's possible for me to set up cameras focused on those access points for identification, and possibly add a wide angle camera for context.
I've uploaded a drawing of the layout of my house plus 6 possible camera placements. It shows cameras 1 & 2 focused at two gates (gate 1 & 2) in my front yard (49' x 64'). Camera 3 is either a porch cam or a wide angle context cam. Camera 4 is for a side gate (gate 3). Camera 5 is my driveway and camera 6 is my garage cam. I've also included distance from cam to gate for focal length calculation.
I'd like some advice on:
I'm looking for help in planning my IP camera placement for home surveillance. I have a house surrounded by a wall with three gates plus a garage door, so it has fixed access points. After reading the forums and cliff notes, I think it's possible for me to set up cameras focused on those access points for identification, and possibly add a wide angle camera for context.
I've uploaded a drawing of the layout of my house plus 6 possible camera placements. It shows cameras 1 & 2 focused at two gates (gate 1 & 2) in my front yard (49' x 64'). Camera 3 is either a porch cam or a wide angle context cam. Camera 4 is for a side gate (gate 3). Camera 5 is my driveway and camera 6 is my garage cam. I've also included distance from cam to gate for focal length calculation.
I'd like some advice on:
- Recommendation for Fixed or varifocal options for the ID and observation cameras.
- Do I need a wider angle observation camera for my front yard?
- My overall placement strategy.