Calculating distance with an Axis Camera 206

[JewishDan18]

Originally Posted by MysterE

Would it be more accurate to use the ratio of size of the rectangle in comparison to the overall picture (ie. The smaller the rectangle in pixels, the farther away you are moving from it) and then using the length and width of the sides to calculate for angle?

And I'm one of those NEMs (Non-engineering Mentors) so the math escapes me completely here.

Basically, yes. Involves a fair amount of trig, but this is how I am doing it, and it works well.