Maptek Joins Platform to Discuss Future of Mining

Maptek managing director Peter Johnson will chair an Innovations and Opportunities session on day one of the Third International Future Mining Conference that is being held in Sydney, Australia, from 4-6 November 2015. Johnson describes the conference as a terrific platform to discuss ways the industry can innovate to overcome challenges and develop in line with industry needs.

The Innovations and Opportunities session is set to include discussion around the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in mining. This is of great interest to Maptek, Johnson said. Maptek’s airborne mapping software processes photogrammetric data, producing accurate results for mapping stockpiles, highwalls, pit surfaces and topography.

Integration with laser scan survey, design conformance and mine planning software ensures a cost effective and time saving solution for rapidly mapping and analysing change in mining, geospatial and infrastructure applications. Combining aerial mapping with 3D laser scanning will help further Maptek’s ultimate goal of enabling a continuous mine model – the real-time representation of a mine site – which will be of enormous value to operations.