Highway Inspections That Keep Up with Your Crew
Your inspection teams cover thousands of miles of roads, bridges, and rail corridors. They need tools that keep pace. Mapalyze replaces paper checklists and disconnected photo apps with a single mobile platform that captures condition data, GPS coordinates, and photos — even under overpasses and inside tunnels where everything else drops out.
Transportation agencies report that 30% of inspection data is lost or incomplete due to paper-based field workflows
What Bridge Deck Inspections Actually Look Like
A two-person inspection crew is assigned 37 bridge structures along a 93-mile state highway corridor. Each bridge requires a full deck condition assessment: surface cracking, joint condition, bearing seats, drainage scuppers, and substructure elements. The protocol calls for GPS coordinates at each deficiency location, at least six photos per structure, and a standardized condition rating on every component. By bridge number 15, the clipboard is curling from humidity and the pen has run dry twice.
With a paper-based workflow, the crew fills out multi-page inspection forms on a clipboard, takes photos on a phone with no link to the form data, and scrawls GPS readings from a handheld unit onto the margin of the page. Back at the office, a technician spends two full days re-entering data into the asset management system, guessing which photo goes with which deficiency, and correcting illegible handwriting. Three bridges get flagged for re-inspection because the data is incomplete.
Mapalyze was built to kill exactly this kind of rework.
How Mapalyze Solves It
Data Follows the Route
Mapalyze captures GPS coordinates automatically as inspectors work along a corridor. Log point defects on a bridge deck or trace line geometries along a cracked pavement section — every record is spatially referenced without manual GPS entry. Inspectors tap, fill, photograph, and move to the next structure. The offline-first architecture keeps data collection running under overpasses, in tunnels, and along rural stretches with zero cell coverage.
Every Photo Knows Where It Belongs
Every photo taken in Mapalyze is automatically linked to the inspection record, GPS location, and timestamp. Crack patterns on a bridge deck, corrosion on steel girders, erosion at an abutment — each image stays permanently tied to the correct structure and deficiency. No more scrolling through a camera roll trying to figure out which photo belongs to bridge 23 versus bridge 24.
Condition Ratings Your Way
Build inspection templates that match your agency's rating methodology. Use drop-downs for standardized condition codes, conditional logic to surface follow-up questions when a component scores below threshold, and repeatable sections for multi-span structures. When your inspection manual gets updated, push a new form version centrally — field crews get it on their next sync while historical data stays tied to the version it was collected under.
Straight Into Your Asset System
Export completed inspections as GeoJSON or Shapefile with full attribute data and photo references. Load exports directly into your transportation asset management system, QGIS, or ArcGIS. Every record includes point or line geometry, all form fields, and attachment paths. No middleware, no format conversion scripts. See the full GIS data capture capabilities.
Built for Transportation Teams
True Offline Mode
Not a fallback. Offline is the primary operating mode — essential for tunnels, rural highways, and remote bridge sites. Data syncs when connectivity returns.
Point & Line Geometries
Log point defects at a specific GPS location or trace line features along a pavement crack or guardrail segment. Both geometry types export cleanly to GIS.
Batch Photo Upload
Capture dozens of geotagged photos per structure. Background sync transfers files while the crew drives to the next inspection site.
Versioned Audit Trail
Every submission is permanently tied to the form version it was collected under. Full edit history for compliance and audit requirements.
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