Case Study: Louisiana DOTD achieves faster, lower-cost, more reliable levee inspections with TerraGo Edge

Louisiana DOT Goes Mobile for Levee Inspections with TerraGo Custom Field Application

Louisiana’s Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) oversees inspection and maintenance of the state’s flood‑protection network — levees, dams and reservoirs — covering thousands of miles and requiring frequent, timely inspections to prevent failures. Their legacy Trimble-based mobile system became increasingly unreliable, costly to maintain and rigid to update, creating synchronization problems and slowing field crews who need to capture and act on defects quickly.

DOTD deployed TerraGo Edge on inexpensive Android tablets with customizable smart forms and a hosted private cloud backend, eliminating the need to manage an on‑site database. The change delivered dramatic cost savings on hardware and maintenance, more reliable and faster field workflows, easy sharing and export of inspection data, and flexible, user‑configurable forms and maps that can be updated without expensive custom development.

Louisiana DOTD

Doug Taylor

Director