Researching of mapping techniques in design of highway projects in quality function deployment systematics

Highway projects, undertake very important roles in development and progress of a nation.In order to get contribution from highway projects, that are made with grand economic investments, the route that is intended to be designed between two points have to be selected properly and to be in compliance with the topography. To produce the maps and plans properly that serve as a base for this kind of transport engineering projects; will also be very important in terms of transport safety, transport security. However, in the design phase of the highway projects, to produce the plans and maps properly that are used as a base are among the most important criteria that deserves ultimate care in terms of quality and productivity. Preciseness and sensitively production of those maps and plans that serve for the engineering projects, will affect the preciseness and sensitivity of the highway projects in a great extent. In the production of a map or plan; geodetic or topographic production techniques, air photography using techniques or satellite image using technique that benefit from remote sensing satellites are utilized in general. There are advantages and disadvantages of these techniques among themselves. On the other hand, the method of quality function deployment that is known in literature as 'QFD', is a method that enables the evaluation of project technical criteria and the quality objectives alltogether that are expected from a project in the case of a selected certain subject or project. However, it is also a systematic and strategic review method that enables to find the best results in terms of the quality and productivity. And hence, in this study, the necessity of how to review the advantages and disadvantages of map and plan production techniques with QFD technique that serve as a basis for a highway project, are defined with mentioning the operation stages. In addition, it is also mentioned about how to establish a correlation in QFD technique by receiving the expert opinions for meeting the demands of the companies and organizations for fullfilling their highway projects. However, one of those three map production methods is selected "remote sensing" as target method, and it is mentioned in the operation stages of the QFD systematic as how to improve this target method in the future by considering the advantages of the other methods.