An Android app developed for the World Bank, a member of The United Nations Development Group, for evaluating road pavement quality.

Description

RoadLab uses accelerometers, gyroscopes and GPS to autonomously measure and evaluate road roughness on IRI scale (International Roughness Index) before sending the information to local road maintenance organizations via cellular network or Wi-Fi.

Algorithms used by the app account for vehicle’s speed, suspension type and phone’s position in order to achieve precise measurements for road pavement quality. The app starts making measurements automatically when the vehicle’s speed reaches 30km/h or it can be controlled manually. For the sake of preserving battery life and cell data, readings synchronization can be made only when connected to Wi-Fi.

The app also includes a feature for manual submission of dangerous road problems such as uncovered manholes, severe road bumps or debris. A user only has to take a picture of the issue and it will be sent with GPS coordinates to a local road service.

Apart from the app, SoftTeco developed a web interface for road maintenance organizations that receives and analyses the incoming data and puts in on the map. As a result, these organizations get tool with most comprehensive visualization of roads quality in their region.