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Camera coverage estimator.
A starting point, not a final design. We back into camera count from the thing that actually matters — what you need to see and how clearly.
Site details
Tell us about the space
Lobbies, corridors, elevator banks, IT rooms.
Estimated camera count
19–26
cameras — a ballpark based on commercial office benchmarks at this size.
Network switches
1× PoE+
At ~24 ports each
On-site storage
~1 TB
30-day retention, 5 Mbps avg
Analytics seats
Shared pool
Licensing model
Suggested optics
Monitor activity
- Lens
- 4 – 10 mm varifocal or 360° panoramic
- Resolution
- 5 MP dome or multi-sensor
We tune placement, framing, and analytics during the on-site walk — this is a planning-stage estimate, not a final design.
How the math works
Starting benchmarks — then we tune.
The base ratios come from the actual deployments we've walked in the GTA — one camera per ~1,500 sq ft in a mid-grade office, one per ~2,400 sq ft in warehouse space, tighter ratios for retail and multi-residential.
Then we adjust for things square footage doesn't capture: floors (vertical transitions mean extra cameras at elevator banks and stair wells), entries (each dock, gate, and lobby gets its own framing), and priority (identification needs tighter framing than monitoring, which needs tighter framing than detection).
The real design comes from walking the site. Ceiling height, lighting, existing pathways, and blind spots change the answer — often in the direction of fewer cameras placed better.
Turn the estimate into a design.
An hour on-site usually shaves 10–20% off the count and improves what the remaining cameras actually capture.
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