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Tracking of Excavators in the Artisanal Small-Scale Mining Sector in Ghana using TX 140-4G Tracker
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 185 - Number 16 |
| Year of Publication: 2023 |
| Authors: Akpah Sylvester, Selasie Vondee, Desmond Boahen |
10.5120/ijca2023922855
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Akpah Sylvester, Selasie Vondee, Desmond Boahen . Tracking of Excavators in the Artisanal Small-Scale Mining Sector in Ghana using TX 140-4G Tracker. International Journal of Computer Applications. 185, 16 ( Jun 2023), 18-24. DOI=10.5120/ijca2023922855
Abstract
Tracking earth-moving and mining equipment particularly, excavators operating in all mining districts in Ghana have become necessary as the Government through the Minerals Commission seeks to regularise the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining sector and stop the indiscriminate environmental degradation arising from the use of this equipment. To this end, the Minerals Commission has launched the Ghana Mine Repository and Tracking Control Room to monitor and track all excavators operating in mining districts in Ghana. The goal is to restrict each excavator to operate on a licensed mining concession at a time. To achieve this, a TX 140-4G Iridium tracker was pre-programmed and deployed. The TX 140-4G tracker makes use of Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) technology was fixed inside an excavator whose position needs to be determined and tracked in real-time. Geographic coordinates (i.e., longitude and latitude) of the excavators were received through the onboard GPS module in the control room. Communication with the tracker was established via the onboard GSM module. To ensure that each excavator operates on a concession at a time, all licensed concessions were geo-fenced and paired to all tracked excavators. Geographic Information System was used to generate buffer zones 50 meters from the actual concession boundary of each concession. A buzzer was introduced to produce a beeping sound anytime an excavator enters the buffer zone and will continue beeping until the excavator moves back into the actual concession area. Once an excavator crosses the actual concession boundary, its engine is automatically disengaged. Google Maps Application Programming Interface (API) was used to display the icons of excavators on the map in the control room.
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