Improving Sidewalk Maintenance through Smartphone Citizen Reporting of Pothole Damage

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dc.contributor.advisorLichti, Derek
dc.contributor.advisorO'Keefe, Kyle
dc.contributor.authorSornsakul, Chavisa
dc.contributor.committeememberRadovanovic, Robert
dc.contributor.committeememberDetchev, Ivan
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-18T19:55:18Z
dc.date.available2024-10-18T19:55:18Z
dc.date.issued2024-10-18
dc.description.abstractPedestrian walkways potholes pose significant risks to pedestrian safety, causing accidents and disruptions. This thesis explores using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) 3D reconstruction with smartphone GNSS measurements to improve citizen pothole reporting, aiming to enhance local engagement, infrastructure management, and public safety. The methodology uses SfM camera poses recovered from citizen pothole image reports and relative positioning from smartphone GNSS measurements to resolve the scale ambiguity of SfM pothole models. The relationship between images and a reconstructed point cloud from the SfM technique estimates pothole quantity, perimeter, and maximum depth. Key contributions include developing an integrated system for accurate pothole dimension measurement, with a scale error of approximately 12% from reference measurements, and establishing data acquisition guidelines for assessing the reliability of citizen-reported data. This method results in pedestrian walkway pothole perimeters differing by approximately 35 cm and depths by less than 1 cm. A guide for citizens capturing pothole images is proposed.
dc.identifier.citationSornsakul, C. (2024). Improving sidewalk maintenance through smartphone citizen reporting of pothole damage (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1880/119997
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgary
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectStructure-from-Motion (SfM)
dc.subjectPothole detection
dc.subjectSmartphone GNSS
dc.subjectCitizen reporting
dc.subject.classificationGeotechnology
dc.titleImproving Sidewalk Maintenance through Smartphone Citizen Reporting of Pothole Damage
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering – Geomatics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
ucalgary.thesis.accesssetbystudentI do not require a thesis withhold – my thesis will have open access and can be viewed and downloaded publicly as soon as possible.
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