The forest road network requires regular maintenance. It is subject to considerable stress due to precipitation, frost, drought, and heavy vehicle traffic, among other factors.<\/p>\n
In Germany, a research project called \u00ab\u00a0Contura\u00a0\u00bb has developed a measurement system capable of automatically identifying the necessary maintenance measures and their associated costs. Preventive road maintenance could reduce maintenance costs by up to 80%.<\/p>\n
As part of the project, optical sensors are fitted to vehicles that record the condition of forest roads while in transit. The data are then subjected to AI-based analysis: a computational tool determines the repair work required.<\/p>\n
A video explains how the system works and its key advantages (in German).<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":46163,"template":"","class_list":["post-46322","forestnews","type-forestnews","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foretnature.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forestnews\/46322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foretnature.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/forestnews"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foretnature.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/forestnews"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foretnature.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foretnature.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}