In RoadCrack, identifying the first fissures means road maintenance programs can start when the damage is slight and much cheaper to repair. In Australia alone it is said to have the potential to take tens of millions of dollars off the national road maintenance bill each year not insignificant return on the estimated 3 million spent on creating and developing the technology. RoadCrack was developed by CSIRO and the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority, and it is into its third and final prototype.

While similar purpose equipment has been developed to photograph each millimetre of road surface as the truck travels over it. The impact of this on road maintenance budgets will be enormous. The extent and importance of our road network requires more efficient road assessment systems to monitor the network and assist in determining effective maintenance strategies, says Michael Bushby, senior manager with the RTA.

In RoadCrack, identifying the first fissures means road maintenance programs can start when the damage is slight and much cheaper to repair. All that is needed is for the right partner to be found to take the final prototype into full production. For further information contact CSIRO Enquiries Email solvecsiro. au Web www. csiro. au Tel International Back to main. First, the camera system has been developed elsewhere, RoadCrack is the first system that meets the RTAs standards for automated, objective and accurate data collection.

Aspects of the technology are expected to have application for range of situations that require highspeed statistical analysis of data originating from captured imagery. All that is needed is for the right partner to be found to take the final prototype into full production. It means roads will be repaired early, when all that is required is relatively simple resurfacing at of few dollars per square metre, rather than later, when more extensive and costly rehabilitation action is required, he says.

The other breakthrough is that this information is then processed in real time and without ever needing to pause for saving and storing. First, the camera system has been developed elsewhere, RoadCrack is the first system that meets the RTAs standards for automated, objective and accurate data collection. special reflector system creates enough light to capture images of even the smallest crack with digital camera, and these are high resolution images. The package of highspeed processing technologies that make up RoadCrack is set to revolutionise road maintenance, in Australia and internationally.
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