Researchers Want To Take the Legwork Out of Highway Asset Maintenance

摘要

Geospatial mapping and object-recognition algorithms being developed by researchers in Virginia may soon cut the cost of managing assets like signs and guardrails along highways.rnJesus de la Garza, a civil engineering professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Center for Highway Asset Management Programs (CHAMPS), Blacksburg, Va., expects to start phase two of his research this fall using a TopCon IP-S2 geographic information system-a combination of a Global Positioning System and a 360° remote-imaging scanner-which de la Garza believes can help automate highway asset assessments.