Use of micro unmanned aerial vehicles for roadside condition assessment

Hart, William Scott; Gharaibeh, Nasir G.

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Use of micro unmanned aerial vehicles for roadside condition assessment

2010-12-01
By Hart, William Scott ; Gharaibeh, Nasir G.

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Hart, William Scott ; Gharaibeh, Nasir G.
Corporate Creators:

Texas Transportation Institute ; United States. Department of Transportation. University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program
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SWUTC/10/476660-00019-1 ; Report 476660-00019-1
Resource Type:

Research Paper
Geographical Coverage:

Texas
Corporate Publisher:

Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
Abstract:

Micro unmanned aerial vehicles (MUAVs) that are equipped with digital imaging systems and global ; positioning systems provide a potential opportunity for improving the effectiveness and safety of roadside ; condition and inventory surveys. This study provides an assessment of the effectiveness of MUAVs as a tool ; for collecting condition data for roadside infrastructure assets using three field experiments. The field ; experiments entail performing a level of service condition assessment on roadway sample units on IH-20 ; near Tyler, Texas; IH-35 near Dallas, Texas; and local streets at the Riverside Campus of Texas A&M ; University. The conditions of these sample units were assessed twice: on-site (i.e., ground truth) and by ; observing digital images (still and video) collected via a MUAV. The results of this study will help ; transportation agencies decide if MUAV technology can be adopted for inventory and condition surveys of ; roadside assets and maintenance activities.
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DTRT07-G-0006
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/18619/dot_18619_DS1.pdf
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[PDF - 2.51 MB]
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University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:4fe3b21f85b3063c8d501eaef9f968b1aa97a6bf1e3fe0f696987e2f3a3d7b00

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