Rio Tinto’s Blair Athol mine has announced it has chosen Maptek I-Site 4400LR laser scanning technology for survey applications.
The coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin is the fifth Rio Tinto site on the East Coast of Australia to adopt the system, Maptek said.
The Maptek I-Site 4400LR scanner is designed to leverage sophisticated on-board software and sensing systems to the benefit of downstream processing.
A key reason for selecting I-Site is the ability to conduct end-of-month surveys safely, accurately and rapidly, Blair Athol mine surveyor Jon Day said.
“The Maptek I-Site system has the range we need, but it’s the ease of use and very useful data deliverables that will pay off for us,” Day said.
Maptek said a key differentiator for the I-Site 4400LR scanner is its ability to extract useful output from the huge volume of point cloud data collected by any scanner and the I-Site Studio software has been developed to meet the requirements of mine survey, and to produce accurate surfaces and useful models really quickly.
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