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case study TECHNOLOGY
Using smartphone cameras
to monitor road conditions
The RoadBotics app collects roadway data through the camera on any smartphone and delivers analysis of that data via the cloud
BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZ
Road maintenance in North Huntingdon Township, Pa., has historically relied on the knowledge of public works directors and engineers or the preferences of
elected officials. But Assistant Town- “Doing some scientific method for ship Manager Mike Turley wanted how to rate and schedule road main-
something more concrete for monitor- ing the hundreds of miles of roadways that traverse the community.
tenance and resurfacing can be a chal- lenge,” Turley said.
He and his team created a manual,
ROAD DAMAGE: LEVEL 3
ROAD DAMAGE: LEVEL 5
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