October 6, 2016 – Ottawa: Editor John Chadwick reviewed current Drones application of Drones or UAVs in the mining industry in the article on Flights of Wonder in the October Edition of International Mining (IM) Magazine.
With ever increasing needs to improve safety and maximise operational efficiency in underground mines, new drone technology is there to replace labour-intensive methods of surveying, inspection and mapping. ThreeDify CloudMeser is engineered to process large point clouds from 3D scanners or drones. With CloudMesher, the point clouds can be further processed to create actionable meshes for downstream mine design and reconciliation to minimise under-break, over-break, and volume variance. Please click to DOWNLOAD for more details about the article. Please note that ThreeDify CloudMesher is reviewed in the “underground” session on page 70
In addition, Editor John Chadwick looked at new products and upgrades offered by some of the major mining software suppliers in the February 2016 edition of IM Magazine, . ThreeDify GeoMine is an integrated solution for geological modelling, mine planning, design and scheduling for both open pit and underground mines, eliminating the needs for incremental import/export steps, and hence significantly increases users’ productivity. Please click to DOWNLOAD the article “On-screen planning” in Mine Design & Scheduling Software Session. Please look for GeoMine review on Page 5.