Um método para integração entre um sistema de informação geográfica e um sistema de gerência de pavimentos para malha rodoviária federal do Estado da Paraíba.

Abstract

LIMA, ROBSON FERREIRA (2001). A Method for Integration between a Geographical Information System and a Pavement Management System of for Federal Highway Network of State of Paraíba. Campina Grande, Paraíba, 2001. Dissertation (Mestrado) - University Federal of Paraíba The lack of strategies of pavement conservation and preventive maintenance generates a significant cost increase in the activities that aims to promote appropriate conditions of safety and comfort for highway users. A Pavement Management System (PMS) includes the necessary activities of planning, project development, pavement construction and maintenance that assures safety, efficiency and economy to road users. The use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) makes it possible to integrate information of several areas of knowledge, and contributes to decision making in different administration levels. The joint use of GISs and PMSs constitutes a technological progress in data generation and manipulation, becoming an essential tool for cost reduction in data updating and replacement. In this work, it is proposed a method to integrate the use of a GIS and a PMS, by means of a software interface that connects a GIS database and the available information on the structural and functional conditions of the flexible pavements of the federal highway system in Paraíba, in the northeast region of Brazil.