System and method for autonomous vehicle methane mapping

A ground-based autonomous vehicle comprising:

• a primary operational implement;
• a gaseous emissions detector;
• a gaseous emissions mapper capable of populating an emissions map representative of an operating site;
• and
• a communications subsystem for communicating the emissions map to a supervising entity.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for gaseous emissions mapper, the computer-executable instructions comprising instructions for:

• receiving, from at least one gaseous emissions detector mounted on an autonomous vehicle operating at an operating site, gaseous emissions information detected by the gaseous emissions detector;
• determining a plurality of locations within the operating site corresponding to the gaseous emissions information;
• populating an emissions map, representative of the first operating site, with the gaseous emissions data based at least in part upon the plurality of locations;
• and
• communicatively providing the emissions map to a supervising entity.