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> he did say "they could read a business card from 300 yards away." Almost certainly made that up. You'd need a telescope mounted there to accomplish that. The
by magicalist 4y ago
> he did say "they could read a business card from 300 yards away."
Almost certainly made that up. You'd need a telescope mounted there to accomplish that. The mid-2010s video output would still be pretty bad, and you'd only be monitoring a FOV of maybe the width of a doorway or two, not anything like street-wide monitoring.
Maybe this is why the NYPD's clearance rate is so low? Hyper advanced surveillance, as long as the criminal stands exactly where we're already looking?
- Retric 4y agoNormal zoom levels aren’t that useful from the top of a ~30 story buying. Looking down you’ll just see the top of people’s heads, and looking sideways means an even longer distance.
- lostlogin 4y agoYou need a Samsung phone - they’ll add the detail you want.
- Teever 4y agoAre you sure about that? https://youtu.be/0Sx3rAdz2SA https://youtu.be/0Sx3rAdz2SA
- Matheus28 4y agoA mountain is a little bigger than letters on a business card.
- mike_d 4y ago> Almost certainly made that up. You'd need a telescope mounted there to accomplish that. Which they very well might have had. Surveillance setups often pair a wide field of view "situational awareness" camera with an extremely high level optical zoom PTZ camera for getting things like license plates or seeing handoffs of items.