System and method for sensing and managing pothole location and pothole characteristics

A method to identify one or more potholes, the method comprising:

• receiving data from one or more data sources, the one or more data sources providing at least a location of a pothole;
• receiving roadway map data from a geographic information system;
• receiving a user query involving one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map;
• correlating the one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map to at least locate the one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map;
• and
• displaying a result of the correlation between the one or more potholes with respect to the roadway map.

A method of providing a pothole report to a subscriber, the method comprising:

• presenting a listing of pothole data types that may be provided to a subscriber;
• negotiating a set of terms and conditions to provide a subscriber-selected set of the pothole data types to the subscriber;
• creating the subscriber-selected set of pothole data types to the subscriber according to the negotiated set of terms and conditions;
• and
• providing the subscriber-selected set of pothole data types to the subscriber.