Glossary of Terms

• AERIAL - A view of the earth from a satellite or aircraft
• APPLANIX POS LV420
• ARAN - Automatic Road Analyser
• BVPI - Best Value Performance Indicator
• CSV - Comma Seperated Value File Format
• CVI - UKPMS Coarse Visual Inspection
• DfT - Department for Transport
• DOS - Microsoft Operating System
• DVI - UKPMS Detailed Visual Inspection
• ESRI SHAPE - A common GIS file format
• GEOVIDEO - Video which has each frame referenced to a location
• GIS - Geographical Information System
• GPR - Ground Penetrating Radar
• GPS - Global Position System
• HAPMS - Highways Agency Pavement Management System
• HMDIF - Highways Maintenance Data Interchange Format
• HUSKY - hand held computer used for foot surveys
• LBS - Location Based Services short description
• MAPINFO TAB - A common GIS file format
• NANO - Software developed by Yotta to view Geovideo
• NRMCS - National Road Maintenance Condition Survey
• ORACLE - A common database format
• POSTGRE SQL - A leading GIS opensourcse database format
• RASTER - A common GIS file format
• RMMS - Routine Maintenance and Management System
• SCANNER – Surface condition assessment for the national network of roads
• TRACS - Traffic Speed Assessment Condition Survey
• UKPMS - United Kingdom Pavement Management System
• VCS - Concrete Visual Condition Survey
• VECTOR - A common GIS file format