Corresponding Symposium Track: 7- Municipal applications of GIS

Assessment of pavement surface condition is a crucial part for pavement maintenance and management systems. A comprehensive assessment for the pavement condition in a metropolitan area will result in an efficient resource allocation and a successful pavement maintenance plan. Pavement assessment is typically performed either by manual inspection, which is highly demanding in terms of man power, or automated and usually outsourced to specialized companies that use highly sophisticated and expensive equipments. Large cities and municipalities can afford to outsource such tasks. However, small size cities and municipalities cannot afford either the automated and/or the manual method due to limited resources. Hence, in this paper, a portable low cost system for geospatial assessment of pavement surface condition that can be used by small cities and municipalities will be implemented. System design and specification will be presented and discussed. Samples of the currently available results will be presented and discussed as well. Finally we will conclude with recommendations for future work and implementation strategies