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67 APPENDIX B: INTERACTIVE SELECTION TOOL USER MANUAL NCHRP 14-41 Interactive Selection Tool User Manual This user manual provides guidance on the use of the interactive tool developed for NCHRP 14-41 Long-Term Vegetation Management Strategies for Roadsides and Roadside Appurtenances. This tool employs a decision algorithm to advise the user of the appropriate VMSs for specific conditions.
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68 INTERFACE Figure B1 shows the interface of the opening page for the interactive tool. The user clicks "Click_Here.htm" in the "NCHRP14_41Tool" folder.
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69 The main tool has the following options: • VMS Location: a dropdown panel including cable barrier, support posts and poles, edge of pavement, gore/median, guardrail, mow edge, and slope/embankment • Level of Aesthetics: a dropdown panel including standard and high • Construction Type: a dropdown panel including new construction and retrofit Figure B2. Non-Herbicide VMS Selection Tool.
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70 Example 1: What retrofit non-herbicide VMS applications are recommended at the edge of pavement in an urban location? To determine the appropriate VMS, the user needs to select the following options: • VMS Location: Edge of Pavement • Level of Aesthetics: Standard • Construction Type: Retrofit Twenty VMS applications will be populated from this selection criteria (see Figure B4a)
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71 (a) VMS populated for Example 1 (b)
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72 Figure B5. Non-Herbicide VMS Tab.
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