mAPPing Roadkill to Improve Driver and Wildlife Safety on Highways

This application framework will provide Caltrans staff and partners the ability to easily collect information on roadside features and document their findings in a web-based database which can be shared within Caltrans, as well as externally. The “one-click” application allows for users to simply point at a roadside feature, snap a photo, and this information will automatically be sent to the image server for processing. Additional annotation can be added (such as an animal species), which will provide the necessary verification steps for a complete and permanent record. These data are a critical first step to mitigating impacts to drivers and animals from collisions.

• Record URL:
  • https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9q51k64d
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Davis

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  Davis, CA  United States  95616

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  Road Ecology Center

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• Authors:
  • Shilling, Fraser
  • Waetjen, David
• Publication Date: 2017-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 14p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crowdsourcing; Data collection; Highway safety; Mobile applications; Road kill; Smartphones; Web applications; Wildlife
• Identifier Terms: California Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01681511
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Report/Paper Numbers: UC-ITS-2017-19
• Contract Numbers: UC-ITS-2017-19
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 21 2018 9:35AM