System using Surveillance
Camera for CAS,
ESC
Presented by:
Raymart A. Aborque
Rodolfo B. Delorino
Joemary A. Olanka
Mark Bryan F. Ramirez
Ron Nikko T. Socorro
CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Monitoring is the regular observation and recording of activities taking place in a project or programmed. It is a process of routinely gathering information on all aspects of the project, supervising activities in progress to ensure they are on-course and on-schedule in meeting the objectives and performance targets. To monitor is to check on how project activities are progressing. It is observation; ─ systematic and purposeful observation. Monitoring also involves giving feedback about the progress of the project to the donors, implementers and beneficiaries of the project. Reporting enables the gathered information to be used in making decisions for improving project performance. To observe, supervise, or keep under review; to measure or test at intervals, especially for the purpose of regulation or control, or to check or regulate the technical quality of something. On the other hand, Surveillance is a process of close monitoring of behavior. Ongoing close observation and collection of data or evidence, for a specified purpose or confined to a narrow sector. In comparison, environmental scanning is broad and includes all associated external factors.
"Sur-Veillance" is French for to "watch from above". Note the all seeing "eye-in-the-sky" in this London Transport poster. Although the word surveillance literally means (in French) "to watch from above" (i.e. a God's-eye view looking down from on-high) the term is often used for all forms of observation, not just visual observation. However, the all-seeing eye-in-the-sky is still an icon of surveillance in general. It is commonly used to describe observation from a distance by means of electronic equipment or other technological means.