Hi Nina et al -
Don't have any experience with this company, but this sounds like what you are
looking for ....
http://www.sensourceinc.com/
hope this helps..
Jim
Jim Maza
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Baltimore, MD 21201
(P) 410.547.9000 ext 339
jmaza at thewalters.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Nina
Simon
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:42 PM
To: Jaki Levy; Museum Computer Network Listserv
Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Electronic systems for counting visitors?
Hi Jaki,
We're explicitly NOT interested in requiring sign-in or tickets - these are
free-flowing events with thousands of people walking in and out of a small
space. We want to make the events as accessible and open as possible - we just
want to know how many people attend.
Thanks,
Nina
On Jan 17, 2013, at 1:35 PM, Jaki Levy wrote:
> Hi Nina - I imagine this could be accomplished very easily with some kind of
> ticket system / sign-in process. Every visitor that enters needs a ticket,
> even if they don't pay. Is there any way to require a "ticket" or sign-in of
> some sort, even if it's virtual / electronic? Buttons? A check mark? Virtual
> check-ins via onsite hardware? iPad checkins? I've done this kind of sign-in
> process for countless volunteer run organizations and it works wonders :-)
>
> - Jaki
>
>
> web: http://arrowrootmedia.com
> cell: 646-339-9410
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Nina Simon <nina at museumtwo.com> wrote:
> Dear friends in museum geekitude,
>
> We're looking for a solution for our small museum to count people.
> Specifically, we have an increasing number of free days, and we'd really
> prefer for our limited staff and volunteers to spend their time interacting
> with visitors instead of focusing on getting a good count. That said, we'd
> like a good count.
>
> We have three wide entrances and on our busy nights, thousands of people will
> stream in. My early investigation has uncovered cheap IR systems that don't
> do well with multiple people walking through the same doorway together, or
> expensive video systems that seem like overkill as they do all kinds of
> non-counting functions. I talked to an engineer friend about us hacking
> together an IR system with two distance sensors for each doorway pointing out
> at an angle to be able to sense two/three people at a time, and we might
> pursue that, but he strongly suggested I first reach out to brilliant people
> in the field and see how you deal with this.
>
> How do you deal with this?
>
> Thanks!
> Nina
>
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