1. A method comprising: processing one or more road segments on an aligned image including an aerial image frame of an area and a reference map of the area to determine one or more non-road elements; determining one or more characteristics of the one or more non-road elements disposed within the one or more road segments; determining one or more road condition based on the one or more characteristics; and creating the aligned image by aligning the aerial image frame and the reference map based, at least in part, on one or more target markers disposed near ground level in the area, wherein the one or more target markers includes an identification number, a symmetric binary pattern of alternating reflective and non-reflective properties, or a combination thereof.