Determining forest road traffic by camera surveillance

Kisfaludi Balázs

Bulletin of Forestry Science / Volume 4 / Issue 1 / Pages 135-145
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Balázs Kisfaludi

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Correspondence: Kisfaludi Balázs

Postal address: H-9400 Sopron, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky u. 4.

e-mail: kisfaludi[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Most of the forest roads are used not only by forestry vehicles and staff, but by local inhabitants, tourists and others. Although heavy traffic is generated mostly by the vehicles connected to forestry operations. Different user groups have different needs against the geometry, the pavement type and the pavement condition of forest roads. To determine these needs, the traffic on the segments of a forest road network must be analysed. In this work, a traffic counting system and the obtained data are presented. The system consists of two retro-reflective photoelectric sensors, a safety camera and a control unit. A photo is taken whenever the light beam is interrupted. Combining the images with the data log of the sensors, the direction, the speed and the temporal distribution of the users of a particular forest road could be deduced. Based on this data, a proposal is made for the method of traffic analysis on whole road networks. As a result of this analysis the preferences of the forest road user groups could be determined. This information could be taken into account in the planning process of new forest road networks or the development of existing ones.

Keywords: traffic analysis, forest road network, public use, video surveillance

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Kisfaludi, B. (2014): Determining forest road traffic by camera surveillance. Bulletin of Forestry Science, 4(1): 135-145. (in Hungarian)

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