Monitoring the filling of the landfill using the results of aerial photography

Abstract

The important task of landfill current residual capacity assessment was solved in this work. The modern methods of high-precision three-dimensional reconstruction were used by the results of unmanned aerial vehicle survey, equipped with a global navigation satellite system receiver. The main stages of work were combining the project and field survey data into one coordinate and height system, reconstruction of designed underground and above-ground parts of landfill, project and actual model comparison, the calculation. As a result, the estimation of the landfill residual capacity becomes possible, which allows to develop recommendations for further landfill operation. The proposed approach allows rapid and high-quality active monitoring of the engineered facility. Photogrammetric processing of the results of low-altitude aerial photography makes it possible to obtain objective data on the current actual state of the landfills, to carry out competent and valid management of the landfill functioning. Such studies can significantly extend the landfill’s lifetime, minimize the negative impact on the environment and predict the attainment of projected capacity much more accurately.