Method for determining feature characteristics of a surface

A method for determining feature characteristics of a surface, the method comprising:

• a) equipping a mobile wheeled machine with
• i. at least one measurement wheel, where the at least one measurement wheel comprises at least one film-based sensor stripe which is arranged so that the at least one film-based sensor strip circles the at least one measurement wheel with respect to an axis of rotation of the at least one measurement wheel, and where the at least one film-based sensor stripe is covered by a rubber layer on a radially outer side of the at least one film-based sensor stripe,
• ii. a movement sensing device, and
• iii. means for data transmission from the at least one film-based sensor stripe and the movement sensing device;
• b) driving the mobile wheeled machine over the surface;
• c) transmitting measurement data measured by the at least one film-based sensor stripe and movement sensing data gathered by the movement sensing device to a computer hardware using the means for data transmission, where the computer hardware is equipped with means for data reception;
• and
• d) on the computer hardware
• i. receiving the transmitted measurement data and the transmitted movement sensing data using the means for data reception, and
• ii. processing the received measurement data and the received movement sensing data by means of a sequence of one or more software modules installed on the computer hardware, where at least one module of the sequence of one or more software modules is configured to determine the feature characteristics from its input.