She immediately telephoned Maptek South American Vice-President Marcelo Arancibia and exclaimed “Marcelo, there is life down there!” Maptek Geologist, Sandra Jara, working the shift on August 22, witnessed the first contact with the miners when she heard the men tapping on the drill as it entered the chamber where they were trapped. Alvaro then helped to design the direction and orientation of the drill hole which targeted the tunnel, named the Esperanza (Hope) drill hole. This data was taken into Maptek Vulcan 3D software to create an accurate topographic model and 3D representation of the complex underground workings to understand where the 33 miners were trapped. Following this, Estibaliz Echabarría from the Maptek I-Site team travelled to the site to conduct surveys of the region. Maptek immediately sent one of its Mine Engineers, Alvaro Quezada, to the site to help. The collapse in the San José mine occurred on August 5 and on August 11 Maptek received a call from the team that was working on the rescue, asking for help on the drilling control and 3D display to map the drill holes. IT played its role in the fantastic rescue last month in Chile ( ).
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