Remote Sensing: A Powerful Tool for Mineral Exploration

摘要

The collection of data about the spatial distribution of the mineral in the earth has long been an important part of the activities of mineral exploration. From the earliest civilizations to modern times, spatial data have been collected by the geographers and surveyors and it is obvious that it consumes lot of time, money and efforts. In the last two decades innovative technologies have been greatly applied to experimental and operational activities. These technologies have their antecedents. For instance Remote Sensing and GIS have been developed from earlier technologies such as surveying, photogrammetry, cartography, mathematics and statistics. Indian Remote Sensing programme was started in late seventies with Indian built Bhaskara-I and Bhaskara-II. Now days, this techniques is playing major role in the field of Mineral Exploration, Natural Resource Management, land use pattern analysis, etc.