GIS-based monitoring of urban utility excavations for permit compliance and pavement management in smart cities
Scientific Reports, cilt.16, sa.1, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 16 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1038/s41598-026-70931-6
- Dergi Adı: Scientific Reports
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts Core, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Directory of Open Access Journals, Zoological Record, Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCO), Natural Science Collection (ProQuest), Biological Science Database (ProQuest), Biomedical Reference Collection: Corporate Edition (EBSCO), Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest)
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Geofencing, GIS-based real-time monitoring, Infrastructure resilience, Pavement management, Pavement reinstatement, Remote inspection
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Real-time compliance monitoring of urban utility excavations remains challenging in digital construction, pavement management, and infrastructure governance. This study presents a pilot field evaluation of a Geographic Information System–based Pavement and Infrastructure Monitoring System (GIS-PIMS) for permit verification, utility-proximity monitoring, and pavement management support. The framework integrates multi-sensor excavation-activity detection, GNSS-based equipment tracking, GIS-defined permit corridors, underground utility layers, and rule-based alarm logic. Field testing at three urban excavation sites used 30 paired observations comparing the tracking device with survey-grade RTK-GNSS reference measurements. The tracking unit showed a mean horizontal deviation of 6.82 m and an RMSE of 7.41 m. Under the tested 20 m-wide permit corridor, rule-based alarm classification achieved 96.7% accuracy. The findings support pilot-scale feasibility for spatial compliance screening, precautionary near-utility warning, and pavement reinstatement planning. Larger datasets, diverse equipment and urban conditions, and longer-term evaluation of communication reliability are required before citywide deployment.