L’UTILIZZO DEI SISTEMI INFORMATIVI GEOGRAFICI (GIS) PER LA GESTIONE DELL’ATTIVITÀ MINERARIA

In the process of management and control of the different phases in which we can divide mining activities, a work of integration between the multiple data bases of the activities' phases seems absolutely necessary. From prospection to operative research, from site localisation to exploitation method choice, from the evaluation of the activities' environmental impact to the positioning and planning of the material transformation plants: the implementation of a single digital data base within a GIS appears to be the best choice for a correct and global information management. With GIS technology it is now possible to integrate available information, aiding the operator in organising the data and comprehending their mutual spatial correlations, thus guaranteeing immediate and rational decisions. Geological an topographical maps, exploitation activity plans and environmental bonds, geophysical and geochemical measurements, remote sensing data and other activity related information can be inserted in the system and visualised at various scales by implementing spatial and temporal analyses procedures, logically combinating the different information layers