Pavement Interactive

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Pavement Interactive

• Joe P. Mahoney

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Pavement Tools Consortium

• A public partnership to further develop and apply
  computer-based pavement-oriented tools. The major
  focus of the partnership is the enhancement of
  pavement-related training and construction.

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Members

• California DOT
• FHWA
• Florida DOT
• Idaho DOT
• Illinois DOT
• Kansas DOT
• Maryland SHA
• Minnesota DOT
• Texas DOT
• Washington State DOT

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How do we find information?
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Encyclopedias and Some New Terms
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EncyclopediasOnline and Otherwise
Note Most stats as of 2008 except number of
Wikipedia articles which is current as of Dec
2007.
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Wikipedia
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Textbooks Pamphlets
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Computer-Based
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Web-Based
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Pavement Interactive

• An online reference and collaboration center for
  all things pavement within an wiki-based
  platform.

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Definitions

• A wiki is a type of website that allows the
  visitors themselves to easily add, remove and
  otherwise edit and change some available content.
  This ease of interaction and operation makes a
  wiki an effective tool for collaborative
  authoring.
• Page is a resource of information that is
  suitable for the World Wide Web and can be
  accessed through a web browser and may provide
  navigation to other web pages via hypertext
  links. Any individual topic within the Pavement
  Interactive. Pages include articles, redirects,
  user pages, talk pages, documentation and special
  pages.

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Definitions

• Portals Pages intended to serve as "Main Pages"
  for specific topics or areas. Pages that feature
  categories, articles, or images about the
  Portal's theme subjectcurrently for the Pavement
  Interactive Portals are specific State DOTs and
  the FHWA. They can also include category lists.
• Categories A topic with a list of articles.
• Article A page that has specific technical
  content in it.

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Portals, Categories, Articles
Articles about specific restaurants
Portal Seattle
Salmon House
Category Restaurants in Seattle
Metropolitan Grill
Burger Master
Baja Fresh
Zao
Costas
Articles
Chinooks
Salmon House
Baja Fresh
Metropolitan Grill
McDonalds
Jaks Steak
Burger Master
Costas
Zao
Jaks Steak
McDonalds
Chinooks
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Portals, Categories, Articles
Articles about specific restaurants
Portal Seattle
Salmon House
Category Seafood Restaurants in Seattle
Metropolitan Grill
Burger Master
Baja Fresh
Zao
Costas
Articles
Chinooks
McDonalds
Jaks Steak
Salmon House
Chinooks
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What is Pavement Interactive?

• Its a
• Reference desk,
• Communication hub,
• Collaboration tool,
• Training tool, and a
• Research platform, and

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Why Wiki?

• Flexible
• Allows for user interaction and two-way
  communication
• Growth through community effort
• Underlying engine is maintained
• Sustainable

Pavement Community
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Core Modules

• Pavement Types
• Materials
• Design Parameters
• Mix Design
• Testing
• Structural Design
• Construction

• QC QA
• Specifications
• Pavement Evaluation
• Rehabilitation
• Maintenance
• Pavement Management

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Pavement Interactive Stats

• Stats as of January 2008
• 5,200 pages
• 600 articles
• 1,500 media items
• 13 core modules
• 150,000 page views
• 165 registered users

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Visits from 115 countries during Jan 26 to Feb 25
2008
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Visits from 115 countries during Jan 26 to Feb 25
2008
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Quick Demo
http//pavementinteractive.org