Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy Automated Mapping Facilities Management System (AM/FM)

摘要

The Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy realized the need exists to create a digital database that will provide improved mining and geologic information needed for the permitting and reclamation of coal mines; for reclaiming abandoned mine sites; for coal reserve and coal quality studies and for engineering studies related to subsidence, mine blowouts, and underground mine development. The Coalbed Mapping Project (CBM) and Automated Mapping Facilities Management System (AM/FM) were initiated to meet this need. The Coalbed Mapping Project's main goal is to create a set of base maps that show underground-mining extents of each coalbed in each quadrangle in the Southwest Virginia Coal fields. The AM/FM System is comprised of integrated digital coverages of surface mine permits, water monitoring data, Abandoned Mined Land (AML) problem areas, complaint investigation information, and U.S.G.S. 7.5' digital topographic maps. It is clear that advances in automation technology permit us to access and utilize data as never before. This allows us to maximize the use of decreasing resources available to both industry and government. By making information available in the form of AM/FM and other digital systems, both access and ease of analysis are facilitated.