Leveraging Mobile Mapping Systems

SUMMARY Land based mobile data acquisition has evolved significantly over the last decade with respect to the mixture of sensors surrounding the collection platform and resulting data. Users of these solutions, whether government agencies, private engineering firms or research institutions, are becoming increasingly pressurized to maximize their investments in the technology. This paper will focus on elements that should be considered by management prior to investing in a mobile data capture system, regardless of the application for which it is intended. The following points will be discussed, looking at both the benefits and challenges associated to each of them:  Use of a single technology for multiple applications and stakeholders within an agency  Use of a single data capture vehicle to meet diverse data collection requirements (ex. asset management, pavement management, and survey)  Quality assurance and control considerations relative to converging applications  Project types