COMPUTER-BASED PAVEMENT DISTRESS INDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

AS PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS BECOME THE PRIMARY TOOL BY WHICH AGENCIES ALLOCATE THE FUNDS FOR PAVEMENT REHABILITATION, THE ACCURACY OF DISTRESS DATA. ONE OF THE LEAST EXPENSIVE BEING MANUAL DISTRESS SURVEYS. HOWEVER, MANUAL DISTRESS SURVEYS HAVE THEIR LIMITATIONS. INACCURACIES THAT ARISE IN THE ACCUMULATION AND SUMMARIZATION OF THE DISTRESS DATA CAN LIMIT OR IMPAIR ITS USE SIGNIFICANTLY. ONE WAY TO MINIMIZE THESE INACCURACIES IS TO CREATE A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM THAT WILL STORE AND SUMMARIZE THE DISTRESS DATA AUTOMATICALLY. THIS PROPOSAL UTILIZES THE LATEST "ELECTRONIC CLIPBOARD" TECHNOLOGY, TO ASSIST IN CONTROLLING THESE INACCURACIES. DISTRESS TYPE AND LOCATION WILL BE DIAGRAMMED ELECTRONICALLY ON MAPS AND SUMMARIZED AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE TOUCH OF A FEW BUTTONS. THIS WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ERRORS THAT OCCUR WHEN DISTRESS SURVEYORS PROCESS AND RELAY INFORMATION FROM ONE SET OF FORMS TO ANOTHER. AS PART OF THIS ORK SOFTWARE WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED FOR THE SURVEYOR TO INTERFACE DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE ELECTRONIC CLIPBOARD AND THE DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT. THIS USER FRIENDLY SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW THE WHOLE DISTRESS MAPPING AND SUMMARIZATION PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED WITH THE TOUCH OF A FEW BUTTONS.