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Fish farming has a very long and rich tradition in the area of the Czech Republic. As the golden age of fish farming and building of fishponds, the second half of 15th century and whole 16th century are considered. In this period, huge number of fishponds was built in many parts of the Czech Republic. Many fishponds ceased to exist since this era but many of them remained until present. This means, besides others, that there are many fishponds within the Czech landscape which are very old. Some of them underwent r...

Our research deals with the possibilities of finding and documenting the historical field fortifications of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648) in the Czech Republic. The archaeological site that was investigated is located in the western part of the Czech Republic, between T?ebel and Vysok? Sedli?t? villages in Tachov district. Terrestrial laser scanning, winged RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) and geophysical instruments GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) and a magnetometer were used to prospect and document th...

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), which have become more popular in recent years, can obtain data on demand in a short time with a resolution within centimeters. Data collection is environmentally friendly and low-cost from an economical point of view; of course it is best for small areas, such as square km?s, only by using winged drones or in a few hectares by use of multi-copters. Both types have their advantages and disadvantages. Our laboratory of photogrammetry has, since 2012, focused on using RPAS (...

There are a lot of traces of wars or military activities throughout the Czech Republic. You can find fortifications from Roman times to the Cold War. In 2009, a big project started in the Czech Republic ? aerial laser scanning of the whole national territory. It was finished in 2013; since this year there has been a possibility to use very precise digital terrain models (DTM), a new face of the landscape mainly in forested areas, derived from aerial laser scanners and INS instruments. For archaeology, the use of D...