Using smartphones as a very low-cost tool for road inventories

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 136-145

  Higuera de Frutos, S ^a   Castro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geometric design; GPS; Inventory; Roads; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA HANDLING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INVESTMENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; SMARTPHONES;

DATA POST-PROCESSING; DIFFERENT STAGES; EFFICIENT MANAGEMENTS; GEOMETRIC DESIGN; INVENTORY; PROCESSING SPEED; ROADS; ROUTINE MAINTENANCE;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

DATA PROCESSING; DESIGN; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; GEOMETRY; GPS; INVENTORY; INVESTMENT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; TELEPHONE NETWORK; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 84889667658     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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