TITLE:
Surface Area Estimation, Volume Change Detection in Lime Stone Quarry, Tirunelveli District Using Cartosat-1 Generated Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
AUTHORS:
Sudalaimuthu Karuppasamy, Sudalayandi Kaliappan, R. Karthiga, C. Divya
KEYWORDS:
Cartosat-1, Lime Stone, Quarry Surface Area, Photogrammetry, LPS, DEM
JOURNAL NAME:
Circuits and Systems,
Vol.7 No.6,
May
17,
2016
ABSTRACT: The objective of the study
was to estimate the change detection in a surface area and volume ana- lysis of
the lime stone quarry for the year 2006 and 2014 in Mannur, Tirunelveli district,
Tamilnadu. Though the mining activities are essential for the cement factory,
it depletes the ground water table and causes pollution to the Environment. The
Integration of Remote Sensing and GIS are effective for analyzing the impact of
quarrying on natural resources. In this study, Cartosat-1 satellite data
generated Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for measuring surface area and the
volume of Lime stone quarry. Temporal volume change study is essential for the
government to restrain the misuse of the natural resources by the private
sector. In 2006, the surface area and volume of lime stone excavated by 8
mining quarries was 1,991,759.68 m2and 112,398,931.9 m3respectively. Meanwhile, the surface
area utilized and volume of limestone production by the quarry was increased to
2,881,384.64 m2and
156,806,929.9 m3respectively
during the year2014.
In these 8 years period, quarry surface area utilization increased by 30% and
limestone production increased by 28% was observed. This study is useful for
the government to monitor the natural resources restrain to over use by the
private sector.