A GIS ROBOTICS (SLAM) PLATFORM FOR LAND MINE DETECTION AND MAPPING

Abstract

Landmines clearance have always remained a crucial task in peace support operations. In Pakistan that is going through tough peace conflicts, this task has gained importance to save the lives of the military personnel as well as general civilian who might get injured or even die because of these uncleared mines. Currently techniques being used for efficient detection and removal of mines are based on the use of UAVs that search the complete area for detection of mines and then either mark them or detonate them. With the diffusion of geospatial technologies with the existing infrastructure, the induction of geographical information is ever increasing.