seobizniche

NotoriousBRK, those are absolutely great points. Thanks for chiming in once again. We currently DO HAVE light posts throughout the sub and they can be used for camera mounting purposes as per the HOA. Each light post is about 12-14ft high and would probably need a custom fab'd bracket to hold camera/IR in place. But I might be wrong. Since each post has a 120VAC drop of its own, I think it'll be sufficient to provide power to the camera and IR. I may be going a bit overboard but i'm just trying to see where every we can cut costs. As per our HOA, we don't need to worry about privacy masking. I also agree with you on the point that with even a lower end yet well planned system we'd have a "pretty good log of suspicious vehicles and timestamps of when they were in the area". That's the whole purpose! Even if we deploy a million dollar system, that is not going to completely PUT AN END to vandalism; it'll just limit it. I'd rather take my chances and limit 70% vandalism vs 90%. I think that a cost efficient rollout that is backed by a well planned design will be effective enough for our needs. Thanks a lot for your help.

Thanks NotoriousBRK! With that in mind, the yellow surface all around translates to about 11,000 ft or roughly $800k in deployment. I know for a fact we won't be able to afford something that high. Can general street surveillance be deployed for the yellow area + entry points for $50k-$75k or under? I guess I need to approach a few professionals to quote us precisely.

Hi ilk, thanks for your response. Below are answers to your questions: Regarding the requirement to recognize license plates, are you looking to record images oof license plates or automatically create a database so that you can asign black list alarm notification? (if so can you let us know where you are so that we can understand the size of the license plate?) We just want the video footage to be clear (day and night) so that when we review it for suspicious activity, we can retrieve license plate numbers for cars that drove in the covered area. Regarding the requirement to recognize faces, is this over the entire area indicated in yellow or just the key locations? Key locations and entire yellow area. Again, something good enough to be able to submit for evidence. We're not looking for this to be CIA grade or anything. Is the system to be monitored in real time and if so from where? No, we just want to archive footage and review later in case of an incident. Can you give us an indication of your budget? To be honest, we would love our budget to be $0 but we know that won't be the case. It would help if you could throw some numbers or ranges for us to get a better idea of what we're dealing with. I know sky's the limit but what do you think a system that does the job could cost?

How would you strategically place cameras in this subdivision? We are looking to cut down vandalism in our sub by securing the entry points highlighted in RED and our streets highlighted in YELLOW (on the 2nd image below). We would like to be able to recognize license plates & preferably faces during day/nighttime footage. What do you suggest? All ideas are welcome.