For which purposes would a thermal network camera be a viable alternative to a standard...

Thermal network cameras are viable alternatives to standard network cameras for several purposes:

B. Detection at daylight: Thermal cameras can detect heat signatures from objects and people regardless of lighting conditions.

C. Detection at night: They can effectively detect heat signatures in complete darkness, making them suitable for nighttime surveillance.

D. Detection in smoke and light fog conditions: Thermal cameras can see through obscurants like smoke and light fog that might block visible light, providing reliable detection in such conditions.

Thermal cameras are not suitable for identification purposes or license plate recognition as they do not capture fine details needed for these applications.