The Fugro Roadware Automatic Road Analyser (ARAN) is the most advanced platform available for collecting pavement condition and road asset data. The ARAN is a network of tightly integrated subsystems that synchronously collect accurate and reliable data for roadway infrastructure management applications. The ARAN system adds new technology to the Australasian market with advancements on the currently available systems.  This group of systems is mounted onto a host vehicle. In Australia and New Zealand vehicles have been selected for their operational suitability, as well as their high safety and environmental ratings.

At a glance:

The integrated ARAN system enables us (in most instances) to collect the following data sets in a single pass i.e. visual and laser simultaneously;
The ARAN is capable of collecting right-of-way and pavement view digital images for the entire surveyed area.
ARAN features a Position and Orientation System for Land Vehicles (POS LV) which is a state-of-the-art Aided Inertial Navigation System that provides precise roll, pitch, heading, velocity and position information to other onboard measurement subsystems. It is the most advanced geometric methodology.
GPS is used to provide location coordinates of roadway features and to create maps using CAD or a Geographic Information System (GIS).
The laser transverse profiler (Laser XVP) is a vehicle mounted subsystem that uses dual scanning lasers to accurately measure the transverse profile of the road.
The Laser SDP is a longitudinal profile measurement system that provides road profile data capture and real-time roughness index calculations using a combination of high-speed lasers and accelerometers.

So why ARAN?