Mapping a Dig Site Diagram

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions for excavating material by an excavation vehicle (EV) that, when executed by a hardware processor, cause the hardware processor to perform steps comprising:

• receiving a digital representation of a site including a planned hole that has not yet been excavated within a portion of the site;
• capturing, by the EV, information representative of the portion of the site and representative of a current status of the planned hole using sensors of the EV and creating a current digital terrain model of the site based on the captured information;
• generating a target volume to be excavated based at least in part on a difference between the planned hole within the digital representation of the site and the current status of the planned hole within the current digital terrain model of the site;
• and
• performing, by the EV, one or more excavation actions to remove the target volume of material from the planned hole.

A method for performing excavation operations by an excavation vehicle (EV), the method comprising:

• receiving a digital representation of a site including a planned excavation operation that has not yet been performed within a portion of the site;
• capturing, by the EV, information representative of the portion of the site and representative of a current status of the planned excavation operation using sensors of the EV and creating a current digital terrain model of the site based on the captured information;
• determining a difference between the planned excavation operation within the digital representation of the site and the planned excavation operation within the current digital terrain model;
• and
• performing, by the EV, one or more excavation actions based on the determined difference.