Australasian Mining Review

Australasian Mining Review Summer 2011

Australasian Mining Review

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81 [Putting knowledge into place] enterprise to provide greater efficiencies and the corresponding returns to the business as a whole. Business drivers The key driver for resources companies in extending their GIS capabilities across the enterprise is the aim to have a common and consistent view of where and what activities are planned or current across a company’s operations. By extending GIS to the enterprise, the benefits of location intelligence can be seamlessly integrated throughout an organisation’s business workflows. By making the implementation of GIS seamless and integrated across corporate business systems, the resultant location intelligence will deliver multiple flow-on benefits for all parts of the business. Opportunities The opportunities are boundless for resources companies looking to extend GIS capability across the enterprise and gain the location intelligence advantage. Situational awareness With access to GIS, staff can interact with corporate information in a map view, switching on and off themes of information and interactively querying the data. Typically, staff would be able to: • Drill down to documents and drawings that relate to a specific feature of interest. • Access a range of integrated information from different systems including: ° A basemap comprising topography – contours, rivers, roads etc. ° Infrastructure and Plant ° Mine Planning Designs ° Environmental Constraints ° Environmental Monitoring ° Heritage Constraints ° Sub-surface Infrastructure ° Areas approved for activity such as mining, exploration or land clearing ° Locations of equipment and hazardous material Australasian Mining Review 2011: issue 2.1

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