Patent ID: 6915216

Claim:
A system adapted to determine a property of a paving-related material, said system comprising: a computing system housing a database; a measuring device for selectively and directly measuring and determining the property of the paving-related material, the measuring device being remotely disposed with respect to the computing system; a locating device operably engaged with the measuring device for determining a location of the measuring device when the property of the paving-related material is selectively and directly measured and determined thereby; and a computer device in communication with the measuring device, the locating device, and capable of communicating with the computing system, the handheld computer device being configured to receive data from the measuring device and the locating device, the data comprising the measured property of the paving-related material and the corresponding location of the measuring device when the property is selectively and directly measured and determined thereby, and to selectively communicate the data with the computing system for incorporation of the data into the database.