Geoprospecta: visor geográfico web para la visualización de áreas disponibles para proyectos de prospección minera en los departamentos de Nariño y Cauca

Abstract

For the specific context in which it is necessary to develop mining prospecting projects, there are a series of situations that cause social and environmental impacts in the places where they are located. These impacts occur during the life cycle of the project, that is, from its conception, going through feasibility, design and planning, to arrive at construction, from where operation and maintenance later emerge. According to Saade (2013), these impacts must be fully identified to prevent, mitigate, correct, control and/or compensate the effects and reduce the negative consequences on the surrounding community and the environment, to guarantee the viability of the project and achieve sustainable use. of natural resources; which in turn is reflected in greater efficiency, effectiveness, competitiveness and economy for the execution of mining prospecting projects. For the development of mining prospecting projects in the Departments of Nariño and Cauca, natural aspects such as topography, slopes, water sources, geotechnical conditions, rainfall, among others, must be taken into account; likewise, the effects of anthropic type generated, such as the destabilization of properties surrounding the project, adaptations for the construction of camps, and the activities of the project, which generate a series of socio-environmental impacts, both positive and negative, that directly affect the surrounding community with the deterioration of homes and other movable and immovable property; and to the environment, with the contamination of the soil, water, air, fauna and flora (Domínguez, et al, 2020). Faced with this scenario, it is proposed to centralize and unify the information in order to consolidate a baseline of socio-environmental study in areas of influence in which mining prospecting projects are to be developed, through an integrated geographic information system. This system will make it possible to generate a diagnosis of the complexity and possible impacts that they may generate and thus determine their viability. The development of the system will focus on a geovisor that allows the integration, visualization and consultation of socio-environmental geographic information in areas where mining prospecting projects are to be developed.