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Guidance on ANPR performance assessment and optimisation

Suggestions guidance for how an automatic number plate recognition system can be set up and maintained in order to achieve maximum performance.

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Guidance on ANPR performance assessment and optimisation

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This guidance document gives suggestions for how an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system can be set up and maintained in order to achieve the maximum performance and how this performance can be measured. It is written for law enforcement ANPR operatives and commercial installers on behalf of the ANPR Programme Board.

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Published 24 March 2014
Last updated 13 August 2020 + show all updates
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