A method for determining an absolute position of an object of interest in an area of interest, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, image data captured by at least one camera, the image data including pixels digitizing at least one image of an area of interest within a field of view of the at least one camera; generating, by the processor, for the at least one camera a correspondence between four or more pairs of points, each pair including one point in the field of view of the at least one camera and one point in a representation of the area of interest, the correspondence permitting translation of pixel coordinates within the image data of the at least one image to x-y coordinates of the area of interest; selecting an approximate location of an object of interest in the at least one image; detecting, by the processor, the object of interest within the approximate location by image analysis techniques, and defining a first region of interest proximate to the detected object of interest; determining, by the processor, a relative position of the detected object of interest in the first region of interest, the relative position of the object of interest defined by pixel coordinates; receiving, by the processor, the first region of interest and the relative position of the object of interest; defining, by the processor, a second region of interest centered around the relative position of the detected object of interest; detecting, by the processor, stationary markers within the second region of interest and proximate to the relative position of the object of interest, the detected stationary markers defined in pixel coordinates; determining, by the processor, an offset between at least one of the detected stationary markers and a location of a known marker in the area of interest, and assigning to the at least one detected stationary marker with reference to the offset an indicator representing x-y coordinates in a unit of measurement of the area of interest, the x-y coordinates defining an absolute position of the at least one detected stationary marker in the area of interest; converting, by the processor, the relative position of the object of interest from the pixel coordinates to x-y coordinates in the area of interest in relation to the absolute position of the detected stationary marker to yield an absolute position of the object of interest in the area of interest; and providing the absolute position of the object of interest in the area of interest. receiving, by a processor, image data captured by at least one camera, the image data including pixels digitizing at least one image of an area of interest within a field of view of the at least one camera; generating, by the processor, for the at least one camera a correspondence between four or more pairs of points, each pair including one point in the field of view of the at least one camera and one point in a representation of the area of interest, the correspondence permitting translation of pixel coordinates within the image data of the at least one image to x-y coordinates of the area of interest; selecting an approximate location of an object of interest in the at least one image; detecting, by the processor, the object of interest within the approximate location by image analysis techniques, and defining a first region of interest proximate to the detected object of interest; determining, by the processor, a relative position of the detected object of interest in the first region of interest, the relative position of the object of interest defined by pixel coordinates; receiving, by the processor, the first region of interest and the relative position of the object of interest; defining, by the processor, a second region of interest centered around the relative position of the detected object of interest; detecting, by the processor, stationary markers within the second region of interest and proximate to the relative position of the object of interest, the detected stationary markers defined in pixel coordinates; determining, by the processor, an offset between at least one of the detected stationary markers and a location of a known marker in the area of interest, and assigning to the at least one detected stationary marker with reference to the offset an indicator representing x-y coordinates in a unit of measurement of the area of interest, the x-y coordinates defining an absolute position of the at least one detected stationary marker in the area of interest; converting, by the processor, the relative position of the object of interest from the pixel coordinates to x-y coordinates in the area of interest in relation to the absolute position of the detected stationary marker to yield an absolute position of the object of interest in the area of interest; and providing the absolute position of the object of interest in the area of interest.