Street Quality Mapper: Real-time Pothole Identification and Street Quality Mapping using Signal Processing

Street Quality Mapper is a go-to solution created to solve the issues faced by over 35,75,000 vehicles who hit the roads of Mumbai on any given day. SQM consists of a complete map of the street quality surface of a city and gives a bird's eye view of the roads, enabling the administrator to keep an eye on the state of roads in real time and take informed decisions to improve the road condition. Other beneficiaries include ambulances and the fire department, as they deal with time-sensitive cases and transit of fragile instruments like medical equipment. By using the system, they can make proper decisions and select the best suited route. Signal processing is used to analyse acceleration fluctuations to determine the road quality and ascertain the presence of potholes on the street. The streets are color-coded based on the road quality and the potholes are plotted on the street maps.