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How GIS Expands Exploration Awareness
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Most mining information, including financial and asset information, has some sort of spatial component that can be represented in map form. Management and mineral economists use GIS in their evaluation of corporate and competitor assets, giving them direct access to data in common corporate spreadsheets and relational databases.
Reserve estimates, annual planned production, or cost-per-ton statistics can be linked to locations in the mine environment and used to control map symbology. Complementary geospatial technology, such as GPS, is also used for the monitoring and dispatch of heavy equipment such as drills and trucks. Mine operators can feed that infrastructure data into the GIS to monitor the location of all assets in real time.
Success Stories
These stories show how mining companies use GIS technology and spatial analysis to manage their operations efficiently:
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