PRASHANT SURVEYS

(Advanced Land Survey & Geospatial Solutions)

Leica “Pegasus Two” Mobile LiDAR / Network Survey Vehicle

(NSV) for Road Asset Management System (RAMS) &
Pavement analysis for Highway Infrastructure projects in India.

# 204, Mayfair Arcade, 563 Nana Peth,

Besides Chacha Halwai, Laxmi Rd, Pune 411002.
M +91 98900 55670, 98900 90888.
Email : business@prashantsurveys.com;
prashantsurveys@gmail.com
Website : www.prashantsurveys.com

GeoSmart India 2019, Transport Infrastructure;

Hotel Pullman, New Delhi, 12th Feb., 2019.
 GeoSmart India 2019,
Transport Infrastructure;
Hotel Pullman, New Delhi,
12th Feb., 2019.

Leica “Pegasus Two” Mobile LiDAR /

Network Survey Vehicle (NSV) for Road
Asset Management System (RAMS) &
Pavement analysis for the Highway
Infrastructure projects in India.

Prashant Alatgi, Head : Technical & Business Development

Prashant Surveys,
Pune, India.
 Agenda :

1. About “Prashant Surveys”.

2. Our advancement in Mobile LiDAR technology.

3. Leica “Pegasus Two” mobile mapping system as a perfect

Network Survey Vehicle (NSV) for Road Asset Management.

4. Pavement analysis & Pavement conditions surveys for the

Highways in India.

5. As-built surveys, for the operations & maintenance period.

6. Highway Infrastructure projects in India by National Highways

Authority of India (NHAI).

7. Variety of projects where Mobile LiDAR can be used.

8. Future scope of advancement in LiDAR Technology.

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About “Prashant Surveys” :

• One of the leading and most experienced (28 years)

Land Surveying and Mapping Company in India.

• Started in 1991 by the Founder Mr. Shivanand Alatgi,

Retd. From Survey of India after serving for 24 years.

• Completed about 25,000 Km of Roads and highway

surveys by using Leica Total Stations & DGPS since
1998. (about 21 years).

• Adopting the most advanced Land surveying and

mapping Techniques (Mobile LiDAR) available in the
market.

• Strive to achieve the maximum accuracy in minimum

time and optimum cost.

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 Assets of our Company :

• Leica ‘Pegasus Two’ Mobile LiDAR / NSV systems. : 02 Nos.

• DGPS / GNSS Receivers (Dual frequency). : 15 Nos.

• UAV / Drone, Lookout VTOL™- X-Mapper Series. : 01 No.

• Leica Electronic Total Stations. : 12 Nos.

• Leica Digital Levels ‘Sprinter 150M’. : 02 Nos.

• Leica ‘Infinity’ / TBC for GNSS data processing. : 08 Nos.

• Leica ‘Mapfactory’ licenses for Arc GIS. : 08 Nos.

• Leica ‘Auto P’ & ‘Waypoint Inertial Explorer’ licenses. : 02 Nos.

• ‘3D Reshaper’ and Pix4d license. : 02 Nos.

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Our advancement in Mobile LiDAR technology :

• First Company in India to Procure ‘Leica Pegasus’

Mobile Mapping System in March 2015.

• Only Land Surveying and Mapping Company in India

to own Two numbers of ‘Leica Pegasus Two’ Mobile
LiDAR systems, with about 4 years of LiDAR Survey
experience.

• Completed about 10,000 Km of Mobile LiDAR

Surveys of Highways in India.

• Site data collection team of about 15 members,

assisted with 3D point cloud data processing team of
18 members.

• Capable of data capturing about 4,000 Km of 2 lane

Highway network in a month using our Two numbers
of ‘Pegasus Two’ Mobile LiDAR systems.

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Leica “Pegasus Two” mobile mapping system as a perfect Network Survey Vehicle (NSV)
for Road Asset Management (RAMS) :

• The development of RAMS for National Highways

(NHs) is a flagship project for India.

• Road Asset Management System (RAMS) is

strategic and systematic process of maintaining,
upgrading, and operating road assets effectively.

• The objective of this project is to assist in accurate

and scientific maintenance planning, enhancing road
safety measures and planning development of the
National Highway network in India.

• This is a Web-based system with a comprehensive

asset register capable of providing a variety of
information to the stakeholders, with the click of a
mouse.

• The data collection for this system can be done

effectively by Leica “Pegasus Two” system, a perfect
network survey vehicle (NSV).
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Leica “Pegasus Two” mobile mapping system as a perfect Network Survey Vehicle (NSV)
for Road Asset Management (RAMS) :

• Network Survey Vehicle (NSV) is used for automatic

collection of Road inventory & Pavement condition
related data required for Road Asset Management,
Pavement Maintenance Management System and
Road Safety Audit Related Studies.

• The following categories of Road Inventory data

which are required & can be collected using “Leica
Pegasus Two” are;

• Road Type • Cross Section

• Pavement Surface • Side Drain Type
• Pavement Width • Land Use
• Shoulder Type • Topography
• Shoulder Width • Wayside Amenities
• Median Type • Road Furniture
• Median Width

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Pavement analysis & Pavement conditions surveys for the Highways in India :

• The following Pavement Condition data which are

required & can be collected using “Leica Pegasus
Two” with additional pavement camera are;

• Cracking at every 500 m interval

• Raveling
• Potholes
• Depression
• Bleeding
• Patching
• Edge Break
• Shoulder Condition
• Drain Condition

• Roughness (IRI) at every 100 m interval

• Rutting (mm) at every 10 m interval

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 Cracking :
• Alligator Cracking
Alligator cracking is a load associated
structural failure. The failure can be
due to weakness in the surface, base
or sub grade; a surface or base that is
too thin; poor drainage or the
combination of all three.
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• Block Cracking
Block cracking is not load-associated,
but generally caused by shrinkage of
the asphalt pavement due to an inability
of asphalt binder to expand and
contract with temperature cycles. This
can be because the mix was placed too
dry; poor choice of asphalt binder; or
aging dried out asphalt.
• Longitudinal (Linear) Cracking
Longitudinal cracking are cracks that
are parallel to the pavements
centerline or laydown direction. These
can be a result of both pavement
fatigue, reflective cracking, and/or poor
joint construction.
 Cracking :
• Transverse Cracking
Transverse cracks are single cracks
perpendicular to the pavement's
centerline or laydown direction.
Transverse cracks can be caused by
reflective cracks from an underlying
layer, daily temperature cycles, and
poor construction due to improper
operation of the paver.
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• Edge Cracks
Edge Cracks travel along the inside
edge of a pavement surface within one
or two feet. The most common cause
for this type of crack is poor drainage
conditions and lack of support at the
pavement edge. As a result underlying
base materials settle and become
weakened.
• Slippage Cracks
Slippage cracks are crescent-shaped
cracks or tears in the surface layer(s)
of asphalt where the new material has
slipped over the underlying course.
This problem is caused by a lack of
bonding between layers.
 Raveling :

• Raveling is the on-going separation of aggregate

particles in a pavement.

• Usually, the fine aggregate wears away first and

then leaves little "pock marks" on the pavement
surface.

• As the erosion continues, larger and larger

particles are broken free and the pavement soon
has the rough and jagged appearance typical of
surface erosion.

• Raveling is more common in the more northern

regions (snow belt).

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 Pot Holes :

• A pothole is a structural failure in a road surface,

usually asphalt pavement, due to water in the
underlying soil structure and traffic passing over the
affected area.

• Small, bowl-shaped depressions in the pavement

surface that penetrate all the way through the asphalt
layer down to the base course. They generally have
sharp edges and vertical sides near the top of the hole.

• Water first weakens the underlying soil; traffic then

fatigues and breaks the poorly supported asphalt
surface in the affected area.

• Continued traffic action ejects both asphalt and the

underlying soil material to create a hole in the
pavement.

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 Bleeding / Flushing :

• Bleeding or flushing is shiny, black surface film

of asphalt on the road surface caused by upward
movement of asphalt in the pavement surface.

• Since bleeding is not reversible during cold

weather, asphalt binder will accumulate on the
pavement surface over time.

• Common causes of bleeding are too much

asphalt in asphalt concrete, hot weather, low
space air void content and quality of asphalt.

• Bleeding is a safety concern since it results in a

very smooth surface.

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 Rutting :
• A rut is a depression or groove worn into a road by the travel of wheels. Ruts
can be formed by wear, as from studded snow tires common in cold climate
areas, or they can form through the deformation of
the asphalt concrete pavement or sub-base material.

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Highway Infrastructure projects in India by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) :

• With over 52.32 lakh km of roads, India has one of

the largest road networks in the world.

• It comprises National Highways (1,00,275 km),

expressways (200 km), state highways (1,48,256
km) and other roads (49,83,479 km).

• Roads carry 85 per cent of passenger and 70 per

cent of freight traffic.

• National Highways constitute only 2 per cent but

carry 40 per cent of the traffic on Indian roads.

• National Highways in India with a total length of over

1,00,000 km, serve as the arterial road network of
the country.

• On 21st July 2016, NHAI has made it mandatory to

use Mobile LiDAR or better Technology for
Topographic Surveys in Detailed Project Reports
(DPR) projects, for all the N.H. in India.
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As-built surveys of Highways, for the operations & maintenance period :

• As built survey data captured from the Leica

“Pegasus Two” for simple to the most complex
geometry of highways, can be useful in the operations
and maintenance period of the highways.

• 360 degrees panoramic view can help in the

documentation of the existing facts and assets along
the highways.

• The frequent data capture at regular interval say once

in six months or once in a year can be useful for
detecting the changes in the Road inventory,
Pavement conditions & deformations.

• Detection of Accident spots and highways safety

audits can be carried out efficiently using the above
captured data.

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 Variety of projects where Mobile LiDAR can be used :

• Expressways, Highways, Roads corridor mapping for ;Toll Operate Transfer (TOT), RAMS, Pavement Condition surveys.

• 3D City modeling, City surveys & Topographic Surveys using Pegasus Stream for above and underground utilities.

• Railways, Fast Trains, Metros, Tram ways corridor mapping.

• Surveys for Airport runways, taxiways and adjoining areas, where speed & accuracy of survey is the priority.

• Surveys for Telecommunication industry where huge road network is required to be surveyed rapidly.

• Canals and distributaries system, having service roads.

• Water and Gas pipe lines survey along the existing roads.

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 Future scope of advancement in LiDAR Technology :

• To capture the data from above the ground, below

the ground and airborne.

• To make workflows for data processing and

seamless integration of all three data sets.

• To create the outputs and end products with high

accuracy between all the three data sets.

• To create a 3D model and walk through using the

above integrated data.

• To develop customized GIS applications & tools for

urban Governments & local bodies.

• Will be useful for the 105, 3D Smart City projects,

which have been recently launched in India.

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Thank You !! PRASHANT SURVEYS
(Advanced Land Survey & Geospatial Solutions)

Questions Mr. Prashant S. Alatgi +91 98900 55670

Head : Technical & Business Development
& (M.E. Civil, 1st Rank MIT Pune; 2nd Rank University of Pune)

Answers Prashant Surveys,

204, Mayfair Arcade, 563 Nana Peth,
Besides Chacha Halwai, Laxmi Road,
Pune 411 002, India.

Website : www.prashantsurveys.com
Email : business@prashantsurveys.com,
GeoSmart India 2019, prashantsurveys@gmail.com
Transport Infrastructure;
Hotel Pullman, New Delhi,
12th Feb., 2019.