Title page for E-project-042706-141742

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2006-04-27

Authors
Nicholas D. Angelini, ECE
Jose Andres Brache, ECE
Matthew Gdula, ECE
Craig Shevlin, ECE

URN E-project-042706-141742

Center Worcester, MA

Title Mapping City Potholes

Advisors
Ciaraldi, Michael J, CS
Looft, Fred J., EE
Carrera, Fabio, ID

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
The goal of this capstone design project was to design a fully automated data collection system that could be installed in any automotive vehicle to monitor road or highway pavement conditions. The system is based on recording and analyzing the output from an accelerometer mounted near a front wheel shock absorber. The data from the accelerometer is time and position tagged with GPS data from a GPS unit and stored to a DOS compatible file on a Compact Flash card. Once data is collected, Geographical Information System (GIS) software is used to remap the GPS surface roughness data to a physical location on a user viewable city map. This system can aid cities in the efficient release of road repair crew and lower the costs to the city due to civilian automobile damages.

Files
Final_Pothole_Report.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2006-04-27
Authors	Nicholas D. Angelini, ECE Jose Andres Brache, ECE Matthew Gdula, ECE Craig Shevlin, ECE
URN	E-project-042706-141742
Center	Worcester, MA
Title	Mapping City Potholes
Advisors	Ciaraldi, Michael J, CS Looft, Fred J., EE Carrera, Fabio, ID
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The goal of this capstone design project was to design a fully automated data collection system that could be installed in any automotive vehicle to monitor road or highway pavement conditions. The system is based on recording and analyzing the output from an accelerometer mounted near a front wheel shock absorber. The data from the accelerometer is time and position tagged with GPS data from a GPS unit and stored to a DOS compatible file on a Compact Flash card. Once data is collected, Geographical Information System (GIS) software is used to remap the GPS surface roughness data to a physical location on a user viewable city map. This system can aid cities in the efficient release of road repair crew and lower the costs to the city due to civilian automobile damages.
Files	Final_Pothole_Report.pdf