GPS FOR COMPUTER AIDED ROAD INVENTORY AND MAPPING. FINAL REPORT

The project involves the investigation and application of satellite positioning technology to improvements in road inventory and computer-aided mapping through the use of coordinates acquired from the Global Positioning System (GPS). This report provides a summary of Phase I and the results of Phase II of the study. Phase I identifies a test area and test scenario, and then develops the prototype hardware and software necessary to carry out a proof-of-concept demonstration. The primary objective was to test the concept feasibility and identify the detailed effort of using the GPS for mapping. Phase II involves a System Definition and Evaluation phase, The emphasis shifts from inventory data collection to base map data collection, and the ability to correlate the available inventory data to a road alignment location. The end result is a base map produced using the Intergraph System which shows inventory information selected by the user.

• Corporate Authors:

  Rockwell International Corporation

  Collins Air Transport Division, 400 Collins Road
  Cedar Rapids, IA  United States  52498

  Tennessee Department of Transportation

  Nashville, TN  United States 

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1988-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 42 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alignment; Artificial satellites; Data collection; Global Positioning System; Information processing; Inventory; Mapping; Roads; Software
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware
• Old TRIS Terms: Intergraph world mapping system; Road inventory
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00486137
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: 99000-7973-74
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1989 12:00AM