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SUMMARY
This Technical Report gives the information which designers and
users of automatic systems intended to measure the photometric
properties of road and tunnel lighting systems need in order to
understand the performance of such systems. The main aim of this
guide is to clearly define and describe the technical limitations
and characteristics of these measurement systems. In this way the
advantages and disadvantages of the technical solutions adopted in
different systems can be assessed. Their measurement uncertainty
can be evaluated and discrepancies understood when the measurement
results are compared with those obtained by manual systems or by
theoretical evaluations from mathematical algorithms and/or
computer simulations. The guide concentrates on systems that
measure horizontal illuminance and luminance on road surfaces, but
much of the guidance is relevant to other quantities and
measurement conditions, too. The guide is divided into two
parts:
• Review of essential photometric quantities where differences
between their physical or normative definition, their mathematical
evaluation and their measurable approximation are highlighted
(Clause 2 and Clause 3);
• Review of the types and characteristics of instruments, the
conditions and methodologies of measurements, the evaluation of
uncertainty in measurement results and data elaboration (Clause 5,
Clause 6 and Clause 7).