Measurement device incorporating a locating device and a portable handheld computer device and associated apparatus, system and method

A device adapted to determine a property of a paving-related material, the device being further adapted to be remotely disposed with respect to a computing system housing a database, said device comprising:

• a measuring device for selectively and directly measuring and determining the property of the paving-related material;
• a locating device operably engaged with the measuring device for determining a location of the measuring device when the property of the paving-related material is selectively and directly measured and determined thereby;
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• a computer device in communication with the measuring device and the locating device, and configured to receive data therefrom, the data comprising the measured property of the paving-related material and the corresponding location of the measuring device when the property is selectively and directly measured and determined thereby, the computer device being adapted to be capable of communicating the data with the computing system for incorporation of the data into the database.

A method of determining a property of a paving-related material, said method comprising:

• selectively and directly measuring and determining the property of the paving-related material with a measuring device remotely disposed with respect to a computing system housing a database;
• concurrently determining a location of the measuring device when the property of the paving-related material is selectively and directly measured and determined thereby with a locating device operably engaged with the measuring device;
• selectively directing data from at least one of the measuring device and the locating device to a computer device capable of communicating therewith, the data comprising the measured property of the paving-related material and the corresponding location of the measuring device when the property is selectively and directly measured and determined thereby;
• selectively directing the data from the computer device to the computing system;
• and incorporating the data into the database.