Paper Info
Title
Feasibility Of Mobile Laser Scanning Towards Operational Accurate Road Rut Depth Measurements
Abstract
This paper studied the applicability of the Roamer-R4DW mobile laser scanning (MLS) system for road rut depth measurement. The MLS system was developed by the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), and consists of two mobile laser scanners and a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-inertial measurement unit (IMU) positioning system. In the study, a fully automatic algorithm was developed to calculate and analyze the rut depths, and verified in 64 reference pavement plots (1.0 m x 3.5 m). We showed that terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) data is an adequate reference for MLS-based rutting studies. The MLS-derived rut depths based on 64 plots resulted in 1.4 mm random error, which can be considered adequate precision for operational rutting depth measurements. Such data, also covering the area outside the pavement, would be ideal for multiple road environment applications since the same data can also be used in applications, from high-definition maps to autonomous car navigation and digitalization of street environments over time and in space.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.3390/s21041180
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
road rut depth, road mapping, road maintenance, laser scanning, point cloud, MLS, TLS, photogrammetry
Journal
21
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aimad El Issaoui100.68
Ziyi Feng263.66
Matti Lehtomäki300.34
Eric Hyyppä400.34
Hannu Hyyppä501.01
Harri Kaartinen600.68
Antero Kukko700.34
Juha Hyyppä843966.75