Pharos Data · Mining and stockpiles
Same flight path, same method, every time.
When a stockpile number moves, you need to know it moved for a real reason and not because the survey changed. A Pharos station on the mine flies the same grid every month, so the change you see is the change on the ground.
The problem
A number you cannot compare is a number you cannot trust.
Stockpile volumes swing between surveys because the method changed, not the pile. Haul roads degrade between checks. Tailings facilities need a consistent visual record, and a contractor visiting a few times a year cannot give you one.
- Stockpile volumes that do not reconcile month to month
- Haul road damage found after it slows production
- Coal stockpile hotspots found too late
- A patchy visual record for tailings compliance
What we offer
What the station does for you.
Volume per pile from a repeat grid, and the change since last month.
Haul roads flown as a corridor. Potholes, ponding, berm loss and drainage failure, pinned and classed.
Thermal over coal stockpiles and discard dumps for hotspots before they take hold.
The full footprint on identical flight lines every month, with freeboard, pool position and beach width trended flight to flight.
On the mine
What the monthly flight covers.
One station, one grid, one method, so every number compares.
Volume per pile and the change since last month, with the method recorded in the report.
Bench condition, crest lines and loose material recorded from the air, without anyone standing at the edge.
Potholes, ponding and berm loss, pinned and classed along the whole road.
The full footprint on identical lines, with freeboard, pool position and beach width trended flight to flight.
Stockpile volumetrics · demo
Watch the pile. Read the number.
The same grid is flown every month, so a change in volume is a change on the ground. Pick a month and watch the pad flown again, or drag the model to turn it.
How we do it
How it works on your ground.
- 01A station on the mineIt lives on site, so a survey is a scheduled flight, not a booking.
- 02A repeat gridThe same flight path every time, so volumes compare.
- 03Processed the same way every timeEvery capture runs through the same method, recorded in the report.
- 04Your surveyor signs offYou get the surface model your own surveyor signs off.
Built by Pharos
Our own software, working for you.
The aircraft and station are DJI hardware. What makes them one service is software we wrote ourselves. Here is what it does for you on this kind of site.
Our media pipeline checks, sorts and processes every capture as it comes off the aircraft. Each report is built with the same method as the last one, so month on month the numbers compare.
Our own software sits between the DJI hardware and everything above it. The station, your alarms, the pilots and the reports run as one system, and it is ours to maintain.
Our evidence chain seals every clip and every flight log the moment it is captured, with the pilot, station, time and position attached. If anything were changed afterwards, it would show.
What you get
What lands with you.
- Volumes per pile with the method recorded
- An orthomosaic and a surface model
- A haul road defect register
- Tailings trends with an accuracy statement on every pack
Questions
Mining and stockpiles, answered.
Does this replace our surveyor?
No. You get the surface model your own surveyor signs off.
Does the tailings survey replace our instruments?
No. It is the visual layer over your monitoring. It sits alongside your instruments and never stands in for them. We report what changed; we do not give you a verdict.
How often do you fly?
Monthly on a repeat grid, and more often if you need it.
Can the station also secure the mine?
Yes. By night it patrols, by day it measures, on one bill.
Book a site assessment
See what a station covers on your ground.
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