Geotechnical practitioners need to monitor and forecast a collapse to minimise the risk of injury and damage to employees, equipment, and operations

Near-real time decisions could be made regarding potential evacuations of mining or plant. The ability to not only understand long-term trends and patterns, but to detect sudden movement in near real-time is fundamental to monitoring critical assets

Is it enough to be sent a text message or an email when an instrument indicates a significant ground movement? What if you could be sent an image to show you exactly what was going on when the movement occurred? Furthermore, what if you could have sensors autonomously increase their observation rate based on pre-determined criteria?