Yes, repeat LiDAR surveys of a tailings dam, compared over time, can detect surface deformation trends that indicate developing instability, giving operators an early warning window that ground-based monitoring alone may not catch as quickly. Given how catastrophic a tailings dam failure can be, this kind of early, consistent deformation monitoring is one of the highest-stakes applications in mining aerial intelligence. How Tailings Dam Deformation Monitoring Works A LiDAR-eq