Exploratory Analysis of Augmented Reality Visualization for Right-of-Way Excavation Safety

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA) Report 167: Exploratory Analysis of Augmented Reality Visualization for Right-of-Way Excavation Safety explores methods to communicate utility location data to equipment operators during excavation. The report includes ways to visualize assets buried in an excavator’s vicinity using a georeferenced augmented reality (AR) approach and real-time monitoring of an excavator’s proximity to underground utilities using a graphical emulation approach.