1. A method of operating a surveillance system, the method including: capturing a sequence of images of a field-of-view, a source of localized motion being disposed within at least one of a plurality of segments of the field-of-view; providing to an operator means to enable or disable, for at least one of the segments of the field-of-view, a localized motion identification and notification function wherein localized motion in the segment is automatically identified and distinguished from transient motion, and the operator is automatically notified about the presence of the localized motion; upon detection of motion that results in initiation of tracking, of: filling a first history buffer with pan angles; and filling a second history buffer with camera Angle of Views; entering a working state after the first and second history buffers are filled; determining a maximum deviation of all the pan angles in the first history buffer relative to an oldest said pan angle in the first history buffer; and identifying localized motion only if the maximum deviation is less than a threshold percentage of an oldest said camera Angle of View in the second history buffer.