Usage of the digital surface models generated by remote imaging methods in marble quarries

Increasing mechanization due to the development of technology leads to an increase in production quantities and requires efficient production of natural stones, which are limited resources. For this reason, it is necessary to continuously monitor the parameters such as the operating efficiency of the quarry, the annual production amount, and the amount of the annual waste. For these purposes, images obtained as a result of systematic flights performed by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can be processed using professional photogrammetric softwares and evaluated quickly, precisely and reliably with digital surface models (DSM). Within the scope of this aim, the increasing amount of production and the way of working in harmony with the nature, with the increasing number of enterprises nowadays, require the fast, reliable and practical use of the systems used in the enterprises within the scope of zero waste targets in accordance with today' s conditions. For this purpose, an exemplary marble quarry has been handled and unmanned aerial vehicles and integrated software and systems have been used in order to clearly demonstrate the anuual production, waste amount, plans, also most importantly, the quarry efficiency. As a result of the study, the data obtained before and after fifteen months of monitoring, while the production, and the amount of waste were determined, the quarry efficiency was calculated as eight point seventy four percentage.