This method reduces the training required to process field data for use in expensive professional GIS software. In addition, this method increases productivity by streamlining workflows when collecting field data and GPS data or working with geo-tagged road distress photos and processing these data in a geospatial context. The method used fast and flexible interface to create a database from the field collected data, including geo-tagged photos. Further, the method offered flexible data collection options in which only a hand-held GPS receiver and digital camera are used in the field. No personal computer or cable connections were required.