Modification and assessment

A mobile platform for assessing the condition of a portion of a pavement surface, the mobile platform comprising:

• a) an emitter associated with the mobile platform and configured to generate electromagnetic waves directed at a first portion of the pavement surface;
• b) a condition sensor associated with the mobile platform and configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from the first portion of the pavement surface and convert the electromagnetic radiation to a first electronic signal representative of a current condition of the first portion of the pavement surface;
• c) a location sensor associated with the mobile platform and configured to generate a second electronic signal comprising location data corresponding to the first portion of the pavement surface;
• d) a transmitter configured to transmit the first electronic signal and the second electronic signal to a computing platform;
• e) a computing platform configured to:
• i) associate the location data with the first electronic signal to create a current pavement condition data point;
• ii) compare the first electronic signal against a reference representative of a target condition of the first portion of the pavement surface;
• iii) determine if there is a condition variance between the current condition of the first portion of the pavement surface and the target condition of the first portion of the pavement surface;
• iv) if there is a condition variance, determine whether the condition variance exceeds a predetermined threshold;
• and,
• v) if the condition variance exceeds a predetermined threshold, generate condition control signals based on the condition variance and transmit the condition control signals to a pavement surface modification system;
• the pavement surface modification system being configured to process the condition control signals to effect a change of the condition variance.