Introduction to the RoadMark System Low Cost, Fast and Flexible Data Collection for Rural Roads
Rural roads are often the poor cousins in the road sub-sector, despite comprising the majority of the public road network, representing a considerable public investment. They have a profound impact on the quality of life for the significant rural population and economy; and directly impact urban citizens too, influencing the availability and price of many basic commodities. Rural roads have important economic, social, political, environmental and equity consequences that no successful country can ignore. However, attracting and retaining the quality of professional staff required is challenging and funding is frequently woefully inadequate, exacerbated by weak planning due to inadequate data about these rural road assets. Based on projects undertaken in Myanmar from 2016 and in Cambodia in 2018–9, the RoadMark system was developed to address the shortcomings common in managing rural roads, which were inadequately addressed by other existing systems. RoadMark provides: The ability to capture basic inventory and condition data for all the key types of road assets, using only a GPS-enabled smartphones, thereby avoiding the requirement for specialized and expensive equipment and its ongoing servicing; fast survey speeds (important for large rural networks); minimal training, (avoiding reliance on specialized or expensive experts); no requirement for any network referencing system to be established beforehand; ability to monitor surveys remotely; surveys that require no internet or mobile signals, (often problematical in rural areas); ability to map flexibly, all road assets; permanent availability of data and use in other applications; cost-effective, inexpensive and flexible licensing options.
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- © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.
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Authors:
- Thriscutt, Mark J
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Conference:
- 18th International Road Federation World Meeting & Exhibition
- Location: Dubai , United Arab Emirates
- Date: 2021-11-7 to 2021-11-10
- Publication Date: 2022-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Edition: 1
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 707-718
- Monograph Title: Advances in Road Infrastructure and Mobility: Proceedings of the 18th International Road Federation World Meeting & Exhibition, Dubai 2021
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Serial:
- Sustainable Civil Infrastructures
- Publisher: Springer Cham
- ISSN: 2366-3405
- Serial URL: https://www.springer.com/series/15140
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asset management; Data collection; Highway maintenance; Rural highways
- Geographic Terms: Cambodia; Myanmar
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01870653
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9783030798000
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 24 2023 9:28AM