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\begin{itemize}  \item \textbf{Parallax error} is mitigated by maximising the subtending angle between the camera and the height of tracked objects. In practical terms this requires a high angle of view or ideally a bird's eye view, tracking objects with a small height to base ratio. Passenger cars are generally more forgiving in this respect than heavy vehicles or pedestrians.   \item \textbf{Pixel resolution} determines measurement precision. Objects further away from the camera experience lower tracking precision than objects near the camera. Error due to pixel resolution is mitigated by placing the camera as close to the study area as possible and using high-resolution cameras, though increases in resolution offer diminishing returns of tracking accuracy.   \item Finally, \textbf{tracking errors} may occur with scene visibility issues or due to limits with current computer vision techniques. These erroneous observations have to be rejected or reviewed manually. Some attempts have been made at validating and optimisaing tracking accuracy using search algorythms and MOT Measures Of Tracking Accuracy (MOTA) as  measures of performance \cite{ettehadieh15systematic}. This method is replicated for this study using a genetic algorythm. algorythm that searches heuristically for optimal tracking parameters using MOTA analysis as a measure of fitness from manually annotated video data using Urban Tracker \cite{Jodoin_2014}.  See section \ref{tracking_calibration} for results. \end{itemize}  Depending on the steps taken to minimize tracking errors, feature-based tracking functions best over study areas of up to  50-100~m in length with high-to-medium speed, low-to-medium density flows. \subsubsection{Derived Data: Velocity \& Acceleration}