Determining Excavated Volumes in Surface Mining Operations

Abstract

Recently, there has been a significant development in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to obtain special information about the Earth’s surface. The programs used for processing monitoring and reconstruction data aim to obtain efficient and high-quality resolutions.

The field of use of UAVs is multiple: in military and civil applications, high-resolution surface reconstruction, for natural disaster management, topography and cartography, etc.

A main objective in mining activity is the evaluation of excavated volumes using efficient methods based on computer systems.