Development and Analysis of Pothole detection and Alert based on Node MCU

Aim:

          The aim of this project is to detect pothole in the road and create the database. This record of potholes will help the road maintenance department to locate these bad roads. This can help to make maintenance work faster.

Abstract:

           One of the major problems in developing countries is maintenance of roads. Well maintained roads contribute a major portion to the country’s economy. Identification of pave-ment distress such as potholes and humps not only helps drivers to avoid accidents or vehicle damages, but also helps authorities to maintain roads. This paper discusses previous pothole detection methods that have been developed and proposes a cost-effective solution to identify the potholes and humps on the roads and provide timely alerts to drivers to avoid accidents or vehicle damages.Ultrasonic sensors are used to identify the potholes and humps and also to measure their depth and height, respectively. The proposed system captures the geographical location coordinates of the potholes and humps using a global positioning system receiver. The sensed-data include pothole depth, height of the hump, and geographic location, which is stored in the database (cloud).This serves as a valuable source of information to the government authorities and vehicle drivers. 

Proposed System:

            This system will make an online record of all the locations of potholes which were coming in the way of the vehicle having this system. This record of potholes will help the road maintenance department to locate these bad roads. This can help to make maintenance work faster. In this System the driver of the vehicle will be able to avoid the pothole as he/she can get alert.