Using the Eye in the Sky for Mineral Exploration

摘要

Remote sensing imagery acquired by satellites has opened new frontiers in exploration.Historically,the data have provided information to government entities to measure land use and predict weather and other benefits to society,but natural resource companies are also finding satellite imagery useful for mineral exploration.Exploration Mapping Group Inc.,based in Las Vegas,is among the few providers supplying these industries with geological remote sensing services and interpretation.Managing director Dan Taranik conducts the bulk of this work with Maxar's WorldView-3 satellite,which offers industrial-grade superspecteral instruments,including 15 or more high-resolution spectral bands to capture imagery.