Unmanned aerial vehicle-based aerial survey of mines in Shanxi Province based on image data
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Xuanjie Wang
Abstract
Accurately monitoring the change of mine area in the mining process is beneficial to mine safety management. This paper briefly introduces the collection of remote sensing images by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and its application in measuring surface mining subsidence and surrounding vegetation in the mining area. A case study was carried out in some mining areas of Nanshan Mountain, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province. The surface mining subsidence value and vegetation-related parameters were measured by comparing the digital elevation model and multi-spectral images collected on May 12 and June 12, 2023. The validity experiment verified that the UAV image data could be used to measure the mining subsidence and vegetation parameters. Moreover, it was found that mining underground coal could lead to significant ground subsidence and pollute the surrounding environment, reducing vegetation. The innovation of this article lies in using UAV-collected remote sensing images instead of manually collecting ground elevation data and vegetation distribution data, providing effective references for safe mining in mining areas.
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Research ethics: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review.
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Author contributions: The author has accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
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Use of Large Language Models, AI and Machine Learning Tools: None declared.
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Competing interests: The author declares no conflict of interests.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.
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