Mine surveying-History, new technologies and changing role of mine surveyor

摘要

Mine surveyor is one of professionals providing services from an early design stage, throughout implementation, and further during operation and closure of any mining operation. The last decades of twentieth century are characterised by an explosion of technological developments. These have pronounced effects on methods, precision and speed at which the spatial inforamtion can be gathered, processed and stored. The traditional measuring skills, so important for previous generations of surveyors, generally disappear and must be replaced by new skills focusing at storage, management and processing of large volumes of gathered spatial data. The changes affecting the position and the role of profession must be recognised and introduced at the starting point of the career, this is, during the training and education process.