Goodroads is a mobile application designed to monitor and diagnose road surface conditions through user-generated data, addressing the lack of information on road quality for drivers. Utilizing GPS and accelerometer technologies, the app aims to aid road authorities in identifying potholes and defects, while also serving as a geo-targeted advertising platform. The project has gained traction with over 2000 active users and has received recognition through several competitions and collaborations.

2. What is GoodRoads
Automated monitoring and
diagnostics of
road surface condition
using mobile devices

3. Background
More and more drivers use mobile maps
and GPS while in trip, those maps show
traffic info or roads under repair
None of those services provides road surface
condition info.

4. Background
— In some countries, for example Russia, 60% of roads don’t
conform with norms
— Statistics says, one of ten road accidents, have rise in bad
roads
— In some cases the road services simply don’t know about new
pothole, or make believe they don’t know
Drivers should be informed about road surface
condition

5. Idea

6. Mobile services for drivers

7. The app

8. GoodRoads.ru

9. User motivation

10. What do road authorities use
Photo or lazer monitoring
Special high-cost auto laboratories.
Expert opinion
Specialists themselves perambulate the roads.
Mobile apps
Boston Road services were developing software for
mobile devices to recognize the potholes on the road
Google Russia tried to do that also

11. GoodRoads in comparison with other methods

12. Business Model

13. Monetization
Gaining the number of users and increasing project plough-
back
Providing data to road authorities, in Russia (Ministry of
Transport), or in Finland (destia.fi)
(to save money and completely cover road surface
monitoring )
Providing data to navigation systems
Using as an geo-targeted advertising space

14. Technologies
GPS
User positioning on the map
Locating potholes on the map
Accelerometer
Defining potholes and defects on the road
Maps (Google, Yandex, Open Street Maps)
Visualization of user position
Visualization of road surface condition
Web interface
Road condition review through the web
Database
Storing road surface condition data
Storing user profile data
Datamining
Data analysis.

15. Datamining

16. Current State
More than 2000 active users
Data from 100 cities all over the world
Pothole recognition accuracy
confirmed by our users and some
road authorities

17. The PeacockTeam
QD business incubator residents
Vlad Efremov
Ruslan Kreymer Pavel Ershov Mike Vakulenko Elena Alekseenko
Egor Ivanov
Artem Bankin Vitaly Ivanov Sergey Khavrenko
Ivan Ushkevich
Artemij Chugreev And more…

18. Honors list
First Prize All-Russia Innovation Project Competition
MGU Lomonosova
Participation Google Summer of Code
Google
Second Prize International competition ITfon
Saint-Petersburg Goverment
First Prize Opera Start Up Awards
Opera
Participation Slush 2011
Aaltoes
Grand prix Start Up Tour
Federal Agency for Youth Affairs
Participation IConvention 2011
Opera
Finals WebReady 2011
Ingria

19. Thank you for your attention!

20. Info

21. Our Goal
Delightful driving

22. The interest
May 2011
Publishing house “The Fifth Wheel”
July 2011
Google Russia
August 2011
RosYama (noncommercial organisation)
September 2011
Dead Russian Roads (noncommercial organisation)
October 2011
Yandex
October 2011
Technologies of Mobile Cartography
November 2011
Start Up Chile