Pothole Detection Using IoT to Help People

Potholes are known from a long ago, and their solutions are also found from different angles. While doing the literature survey, there were many researchers and solutions that ccould be applied with the help of different hardware systems. Detection of potholes is not the only thing that can be used to avoid them. Displaying potholes is also important, which can make drivers aware of them. The system consists of a GPS module that will be collecting coordinates, and an ultrasonic sensor will sense the distance, which will then be used to find the average distance from the road after every few cycles. Getting these two data, which will be coordinated and filtered out according to the limit suggested by the investigators of the UK (which is more than 40 mm), will be sent to the Cloud and can further be displayed on an Android App with the help of Google Maps. This system will not only help to detect potholes but also, by locating them, they can be avoided as well as soon repaired for future scope.