One of the most dangerous and safety-conscious industries in the world is mining, and that's why they have been pioneers in the early adoption of autonomous vehicles and drone use.
Open pit mines are particularly heavy users of land surveying and therefore prime candidates for the adoption of techniques that do not expose people to the dangers of large machinery and unstable ground.
Dusan Domancic, deputy GM of Surveying Control Systems, a Chilean company that specializes in servicing the mining industry, told Commercial UAV News how drones have changed the way land surveyors do their work around the extreme safety measures in a mine.
“The need for land surveying services in a mine are not only enormous but constant,” Domancic said. “Not only the need for in-site monitoring and development, but also for new projects and expansion into adjacent areas.”
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Source: Commercial UAV News
