Monitoring a quarry using high resolution data and GIS techniques

Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos; P. I. Tsombos; A. D. Vaiopoulos

doi:10.1117/12.864527

25 October 2010 Monitoring a quarry using high resolution data and GIS techniques

Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos, P. I. Tsombos, A. D. Vaiopoulos

Proceedings Volume 7831, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications; 78310R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864527
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2010, Toulouse, France

Abstract

Active quarries near to urban centers are at the same time a necessity but also a source of pollution. Necessity as they supply to the construction companies the necessary aggregates and source of pollution as they affect biodiversity, vegetation cover and threaten water resources. The objective of this work is to indicate a monitoring methodology in order to survey the present state of the quarry sites and their evolution in time, which are the basic data needed to implement an adequate land reclamation project. The land monitoring has been realised both by using remote sensing techniques, supported by a Geographic Information System of the studied area, and by in situ surveying. The in situ surveying was able to assess the capability of the remote sensing model to describe the state of each site. High resolution satellite data from different sensors were used for the monitoring of an active quarry. More especially, Ikonos Quickbird, and Worldiew data were orthorectified and inserted in a GIS database in order to quantify the changes.

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Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos, P. I. Tsombos, and A. D. Vaiopoulos "Monitoring a quarry using high resolution data and GIS techniques", Proc. SPIE 7831, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing/GIS Applications, 78310R (25 October 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.864527

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