
SPARC collaborated with Tata Steel in implementation of a comprehensive Mine Land Management System adopting spatial data infrastructure (SDI) framework for West Bokaro Coal Mines, India to organize, share and use spatial data among different stakeholders of the organization. Key spatial data of the mine such as land use, land cadastral, ground control points, mine plan, mine closure & reclamation plan, mine safety plan, topographic maps, satellite images of different time period were mapped in a geo-referenced environment adopting spatial data standard and were organized facilitating inter-operability. Metadata catalogues were developed for the geo-spatial repository to provide detailed information about the spatial data availability, geographic coverage, source, quality, time period & relevance.
Web services and APIs were developed to facilitate data access for mine planning, production monitoring, environment clearance, land administration, infrastructure planning, environmental compliance management, safety zone maintenance, reclamation planning, rehabilitation & resettlement planning, utility shifting and CSR activity monitoring with data visualization & communication. The project exemplifies a forward-thinking approach to mining operations by providing crucial decision support information to all stakeholders of the organization removing data duplicity and redundancies.