2001 Volume 12 Issue 4 Pages 211-217
High-resolution satellite imagery is expected to use open-pit mine management as well as air photograph. Moreover, satellite imagery will be easier to get because new satellites are now planned to launch. Therefore, IKONOS imagery that took some quarries was investigated and its possibilities for mine management were examined. As a result, it is clarified that IKONOS resolution is enough to monitor mine such as operating process, dangerous parts in working face, tree planting condition and amount of drain. If an operator makes a DTM from satellite images, there will be more possibilities. The accurately modified DTM shows the working face by 3D graphics and operators can simulate a mining plan in 3D images through a HMD or HMP. In addition, DTM makes truck control possible. At present, only skillful engineers can make DTM, but mining operators have to make it themselves if they wish to use DTM flexibly. To realize DTM possibilities, it is necessary to arrange software for mining operators who have little remote-sensing knowledge.
