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Inspec keywords: mining equipment; scheduling; Global Positioning System; production planning; visual databases; geographic information systems; production control; packet radio networks
Subjects: Satellite communication systems; Industrial applications of IT; Radionavigation and direction finding; Geography and cartography computing; Mining, oil drilling and natural gas industries; Spatial and pictorial databases; Production equipment; Production management; Production engineering computing