Collecting horizontal curve data: Mobile asset vehicles and other techniques

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 74-84

  Findley, Daniel J ^a   Hummer Prof , Joseph E ^a   Rasdorf Prof , William ^a   Laton, Brian T ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Civil engineering; Geographic information systems; Horizontal curve; Infrastructure; Inventories; Length; Radius; Road curvature; Transportation engineering

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL CURVES; INFRASTRUCTURE; INVENTORIES; LENGTH; RADIUS; ROAD CURVATURE; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING;

ALIGNMENT; CIVIL ENGINEERING; COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; DATA ACQUISITION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CURVES (ROAD);

AUTOMOBILE; CIVIL ENGINEERING; CURVATURE; DATA ACQUISITION; GIS; ROAD; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879162579     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000107     Document Type: Article

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