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DMap – Dielectric Mapping for Density and Air Void Content

DMap automatically delivers deeper, data-driven insights that transform how roads and pavements are assessed and managed – optimizing maintenance budgets, reducing long-term costs, and extending pavement life. By automatically generating high-resolution maps of dielectric values, which are easily converted to density or air-void content, DMap reveals critical variations in material density and moisture content across the entire road area, making it ideal for proactive quality control, quality assurance, and early intervention in road rehabilitation. Unlike traditional Dielectric Profiling Systems (DPS), which only capture lengthwise data, DMap provides comprehensive 2D coverage, offering a complete view of the road area. This level of detail provides deeper insight into the pavement. It empowers asset owners and contractors to spot potential issues early, make faster, data-backed decisions, and ultimately protect their infrastructure investments.

Perform road maintenance with complete budget control

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Fully automated reporting:

  • Identify areas with density variations for construction QC, QA or early road rehabilitation
  • Smart Coring - Save money through core samples from identified weak areas
  • Extend pavement lifetime
  • Density evaluation of the complete road area
  • Enhanced visualization – making it easy to identify weak and non-homogeneous areas
  • Easily export results to Veta software (TDS files) or a multitude of other file formats for further assessments
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Easy and user-friendly

DMap data is captured using Examiner Collect and in parallel with regular GPR data. The DMap data processing is fast and not linked to standard GPR data processing, generating results within minutes with no need for advanced interpretation. The output provides clear, easy-to-understand visualizations – making it simple to use, even without in-depth GPR knowledge.

Perfect for quick QC and QA of pavement projects!

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Activate on your AIR sensor

This service can be activated for any Kontur AIR Mk6 sensor delivered with Dielectric Mapping capability. To enable DMap, your sensor must be configured accordingly and paired with an active Kontur Orbit service. The Kontur AIR Mk6 sensor is available in multiple widths (4 ft to 10 ft/ 1,2 m to 3,0 m), all offering the same high data density.

Specifications

Learn more about DMap

Featured video - How Minnesota DOT uses Dielectric Mapping 

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