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During a mine exploitation, the activity of the mine shafts must be carried out under outstanding safety conditions, given that through them we carry out the transport of personnel and materials necessary for the production process and we extract mineral substances. For these reasons, the operating parameters must be within the limits provided by specific regulations, both in the case of supporting and guiding elements of the shaft, as well as those of the extraction plant. The labor protection regulations provide...

As a result of mining activity on the earth?s surface the phenomena that have negative effect on the objects in area of influence of extracted area exist. Depending on geomechanical qualities of hanging wall and surrounding rocks, geological conditions of depositing, seam and depth of position of deposit, critical angle of influence, way and time course of mining and other parameters the horizontal and vertical movements always appear to a greater or lesser extent. They can be described by inclination, proportiona...

Over the past years the evolution of geodetic instruments is taking the way of minimalization and mobility. Remarkable technological progress can be recognized on a field of mobile scanning. Wide variety of usage of handheld laser scanners and its accuracy of measurement in comparison to other geodetical methods was settled as the main objective of this contribution. The introduction of article is concerning about the problematic of documentation of historic landmarks. Following pages are describing the methodolog...

In Poland there exist legal regulations concerning the protection of agricultural and forest land. The paper aims to investigate the changes in the area of agricultural and forest land in Poland since the accession to the European Union in the year 2004. The study was based on statistical data for the years 2004-2017 provided by Statistics Poland. Paper presents: (i) changes in the land area by land type, (ii) changes in the fallow land area, (iii) changes of agricultural land area resulting from land designation ...

This paper presents the combined method of determining the deflection of vertical components ? and ? based on the precise levelling and GNSS measurements. In general, there are several methods, but the combined method simplifies data collecting and subsequent processing of results in comparison with other methods. Components determination was performed on the high precision levelling network in Serbia, by calculating undulation on each point, so as azimuth and length for each side of the network starting from refe...

Modern digital 3D technologies are already an integral part of the construction industry. 3D technologies include 3D scanners or photogrammetric surveying of buildings, which we are dealing with in our faculty research. The main topic of the article is the evaluation of 3D building scanning processes, photogrammetric surveying and subsequent processing of acquired data. From the acquired point clouds eventually produce project documentation of the current status of the building with minimal deviation from the actu...

For a more complete use of information in geodetic measurements of rotary kiln geometric parameters, a method of mathematic simulation of the stress state in the kiln shell is proposed. The essence of the calculation method is to ascertain the stress-strain state of the kiln shell as an elastic statically indeterminate multi-span beam. The disclosure of static uncertainty is performed by the displacement method, which allows to unify the calculation algorithm for kilns with an unrestricted number of intermediate k...

Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) measurements of the geodynamic satellite LAGEOS-1 (LAser GEOdynamics Satellite) for the period January 2000 - June 2013 are processed and analyzed. The analysis are carried out with the Satellite Laser Ranging Processor (SLRP) software, version 4.3, developed in the Department Geodesy of the National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. A new module for parameter estimation using the least squares method was developed to allow flexible treat...

This paperwork is dedicated to the research of the quality of height anomalies derived from the Global Geopotential Models GOCO over the Serbia territory. Three different types of approaches for the same model were considered: time wise, space wise and direct approach. The quality of the mentioned models is determined by comparison with terrestrial data of height anomalies, that are relate to the second high precision leveling network of the Republic of Serbia (the period of realization of tide gauges observations...

The way of maintenance and updating the real estate cadastre is regulated, at present, by the Act of May 17,1989, The Law of Geodesy and Cartography [6] and by the decree of the Minister of Regional Development and Building Industry of March 29,2001 ? the cadastral law [1]. Updating the cadastre at the stage of setting out a building object is of particular importance; it has specified tax effects. Usually, the charge due to a property tax is increased what results from the real discontinuation of agricultural act...

The article presents the results of statistical processing of field surveying observations data of the displacement process on the earth's surface. Currently, the main method to monitor displacements and deformations of the earth?s surface during mining operations is to determine the coordinates of reference points of observation stations. This method allows you to obtain reliable data on the movements of points in the displacement trough and form an idea of both the shape of the trough and the values of deformati...

This article opens a broad topic of temperature measurement to suppress the influence of atmospheric refraction on geodetic measurements. The article's content is limited to the basic view of atmospheric behaviour, specifically, on the measurement of the temperature changes in the atmosphere close to the terrain (height 0-2 m), in which engineering geodesy measurements are commonly performed. For this basic experiment we have chosen a grassy spot on the campus of the Faculty of CTU in Prague. The measurement itsel...

The possibilities of using gravimetric data obtained from global geopotential models (GGM) for the territory of Bulgaria in the processing of precise levelling measurements for the determination of normal differences and geopotential differences are presented in the article. The researches were carried out on first order levelling lines of the State Levelling Network of the Republic of Bulgaria, situated in different topographic conditions, as well as in conditions of different anomalous gravitational field. The d...

More than 400 geodetic and cartographic documentation centres are active in Poland; they are maintained by starosts (heads of districts) and presidents of cities with rights of districts at the level of heads of districts, or cities with rights of districts. In particular cases those centres are maintained at the municipal level, if a relevant agreement has been concluded with a mayor or a president of a city which is not a district. At present the method of producing maps for design purposes is regulated by two l...

The monitoring of the construction behavior is one of the important activities carried out to determine the state of construction, subject to various natural and anthropogenic actions at a given time. In Romania, the activity of rockfill dams monitoring is regulated according to the importance category (A, B, C). The Rausor Dam is located downstream of the confluence of the River Rausor with the river Targului, which springs from the Iezer-Papusa Mountains. The dam is located at 7.5 km from the village of Leresti,...

Scientific and technical progress created conditions for rapid development and introduction in surveying - geodetic production essentially and qualitatively new measuring and processing technologies. These technologies lay the foundation of formation and practical application of results of the geodetic measurements differing in more productivity, technological effectiveness and essentially important - bigger accuracy in comparison with traditional technologies [1]. Installation of the permanent base station of dif...

The process of road construction in Poland, including mainly new sections of motorways, was intensified until 2012, when preparations for the European Football Championships were underway, to which events Poland was a co-organizer. And although this process has contributed to a significant improvement of the road network - various categories (mainly motorways and expressways in the east-west direction), the satisfactory state of road density and technical condition is lacking. Technical, financial and legal aspect...

The early 21st century is a time when unmanned surface vessels (USV) are used in various measurement applications. Modern autonomous and unmanned vessels are increasingly often used in bathymetric measurements whose aim is to measure the seafloor with the sufficient positioning accuracy. Therefore, the use of USVs in hydrography can be seen as the beginning of a new era in this regard. This paper presents bathymetric measurements with the use of an unmanned surface vessel in waterbodies of the Republic of Poland w...

The present paper comprises a complex topographic survey for the identification and registration of a farm type immobile consisting of company headquarters, stables, silos and concrete slabs for registration in the land book. The farm where the topographic works were executed is a farm specializing in the breeding and fattening of buffaloes, the production of milk and its processing. It was set up in 2007, and the initial constructions were built between 2007 and 2015. The farm is located at the entrance to Pecica...

Nowadays, according to the current century, the one of speed and information, the way of calculating the volumes of aggregates is desired to be much faster and more accurate in every aspect. The volume designates the property of a body to have three-dimensionality, that is development along three perpendicular axes on which the length, width and height are measured. All three those dimensions are actually length values that define the place which that object occupies in space. The theme of the project is to calcul...

The objective studied is a collective dwelling with the height regime of S + P + 3E and offices located on Str. Borhanci, Cluj County. From a geometric point of view, topographic surveying works ensure the application of various types of constructions, ways of communication, art works, hydrotechnical works on the ground. In our case, the execution of the tracing works was accomplished by moving from the upper to the lower order, from the geodetic state to the tracing base. An essential factor was the choice of the...

Global Navigation Satellite Systems became more and more popular. They are used in a lot of aspects of modern life. Users need to get better accuracy linked with small, easy to use receivers. The aim of this study was to analyse the accuracy of the NovAtel FlexPak6 receiver using Spirent 6300M simulator. NovAtel FlexPak6 is a brand new receiver fully integrated both with GLONASS and GPS systems. It allows to get better precision and accuracy of the determined position than with using only one of these systems. The...

The development of advanced indoor navigation systems for UAVs has encouraged an extensive interest because of its huge potential in military and civil applications. Global Positioning System allows working in an opened space; however, Indoor Positioning Systems are necessary to work more productively in covered places. The aim of this study was to analyse the state of the art of Indoor Positioning Algorithms. This study contains a description of the most popular Indoor Positioning Algorithms. Different technologi...

The documents of the general cadastre may result from the centralized and selective take over of the data and all the cadastral records from the specialized cadastre, regarding the immovable assets that are their object of activity. These selectively taken elements use to update the general cadastre after the end of its introduction into an administrative territory. One of the main steps for completing the general cadastre is the realization of the real estate cadastre. This article presents the way in which the d...

This article outlines the steps to be taken to ensure that the old Land Book Plans can work together with the current Land Plans and the Orthophoto Plans. For this purpose, scanning steps, georeferencing, must be performed. Then compare the old plans with the current ones by overlapping them over orthophoto maps. Following this stage, we can find out if there are differences between the older and the current plans or the current situation in the field. By overlapping, in the same reference system, we can very easi...

The article deals with geodetic works connected with the construction of the space position of the track together with the measurement of the 3D axis of the track on the section 2363 (the state border between the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic and the railway station Horn? Lide?, which is located in the territory of the Czech Republic). In the introduction, the purpose of measurement and site description are briefly described. In the core of the article, there is a way of creating SPT (spatial position of ...

In this article was designated a relation of average values of measured curvatures of mining terrain with their forecasted values. These values were calculated by the use of the Bialek?s formula with the values of its parameters determined from the geodesic measurements results. The average graphs of measured curvatures were obtained on the base of average values of terrain subsidence caused by multi-seams exploitation of hard coal at the great depth. An exploitation was conducted by the use of longwall system, in...

Hydropower plants are objects which horizontal and vertical displacement must be monitored regularly. Method used for determination of horizontal displacements of the Hydropower plant Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and its practical execution are presented. Algorithms for regular adjustment of indirect measurements and S-transformations into optimal datum are also presented in this paper. Further, regular adjustments of indirect measurements of the reference and control point coordinates in the conventional dat...

A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the coastline paradox. However in general terms, coastline or seashore is an area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. In port areas, where port berth is a stable structure, determining the coastline is easy given that the coast structure is defined by vertical bank. Other examples of stable port structures include: slipways, cliffs and solid borders between water and ...

In this article, the idea of a project for the development of navigation information support for open-pit mining operations (NIS OPMO) is considered in the form of a system of high-precision satellite positioning of all open-pit lease mobile and static objects, allowing the determination of their location with an accuracy of centimeters and data transmission of this information to the situation center. Developed by NIS OPMO, it will allow digitalization of mining in quarries and will become the basis for work on t...

Mining is one of the most devastating forms of meeting human needs. As it is clear from the aerial photographs, the landscape of the north-western part of the Czech Republic is highly affected by the activity of the mining industry, namely lignite quarries. During the activities at these quarries, the landscape is transformed into a form that resembles the surface of the moon. For this reason, the law imposes an obligation on mining companies to reclaim the landscape after their activity to guarantee the higher cu...

Accuracy requirements in hydrographic surveys inspire drive to seek improvement in measurement devices and systems used to, amongst others, determine coordinates of the position of sounding vessel and ideally sea bed reflection points of acoustic wave. Limitation to requirements included in international rules, especially included within IHO S-44, does not fulfil expectations of principals. It is however possible to execute using modern measurement (geodesy) devices and systems. Measurements and soundings historic...

This paper deals with the issue of the influence of the horizontal temperature gradient (horizontal refraction) on geodetic measurements of the horizontal direction. The topic of horizontal refraction has not yet been given much attention in research, especially because it is significantly less than the effect of vertical refraction in common geodetic practice. The article presents the mathematical modelling process by solving the differential equation of wave propagation in non-homogeneous atmosphere. On this bas...

Present GNSS receivers are made to become smaller, lighter and better equipped in one. Their possibilities allows to use them in a different kind of applications. The NovAtel FlexPak6 is a brand new triple-frequency GNSS receiver. This device gives a lot of new opportunities thanks to the wide range of built-in commands. The aim of this study was to describe the most useful commands for cooperating NovAtel FlexPak6 receiver with Spirent 6300M simulator. This study contains technical descriptions of the NovAtel Fle...

Considering the substantial increase in the number of buildings needed in the continuous development of human activities, no matter their destination (civil, industrial, social, cultural, hydrotechnical, communication etc.) and their environmental impact, it is required to increase attention to the activity of land and building monitoring, according to present laws. There is often needed a quick and precise answer concerning the monitored objective (land or building) behavior, which may help preventing any negativ...

Many decades have elapsed since the invention of the steam engine and gradually falls into forgotten. However, the most significant message that has emerged when discovering this facility is the discovery of the railway. In order to make the track and therefore the railway as we know it today, it was necessary to develop methods of construction at the same time, and last but not least, the methods and devices for their reconstruction. One of the most important discoveries in the field of railway construction has u...

The separation between the mobile plate (Phanerozoic) in south and west of the eastern European Precambrian East European Craton is the most prominent geological limit in Europe known as the Trans-European Suture Zone (TESZ) In this study we were mainly interested in a prominent segment of TESZ, known as the Tornquist -Teisseyre Area (TTZ). In this study we highlighted the TTZ area through the gradient of geoid from Romania. The geoid provides a good representation of the long wavelength characteristics of the Ear...

Mathematical determination of the course of the baseline is necessary to establish the external border of the territorial sea, which is the state border. Its determination mainly affects the defining of the range of sovereign rights of individual states. For Poland, the determination of the course of the territorial sea baseline can be considered in two main aspects: legal and measurement-related. This paper discusses the issue of preparing measurements of the baseline. It presents domestic and international regul...

Investing in real estate has always been considered an attractive form of multiplying capital. It is not a risk-free kind of investment, nevertheless many people, decide to locate their money in that kind of good. There are many things that potential property investors have to analyze in order to minimize the risk of investment failure. One of them is property value. Most of the properties are sold according to market conditions. In other words, these are transitions where a willing buyer and a willing seller in a...

Property is a good of specific features that can satisfy many types of needs. Even though properties in many situations are identified with fulfilling living requirements (for example residential apartments) they can also be subject to the capital investment and the source of its obtainment. Investing in real estate is a proven way of income multiply. Buying an apartment for investment purposes is becoming a more and more popular form of investing capital, as rent income is more profitable nowadays than deposits a...

Property investment is predominately determined by the characteristic features of the good. The specifics of the real estate is shaped by a group of physical, economic and institutional-legal characteristics. The most important from the point of view of the investor involve: stability in place, durability, diversity, deficit, location, protection against inflation, loan security, capital protection, reduction of current expenditure, consumption. Because of the features mentioned above real estate is considered a v...

Poland's membership in the European Union obliges us to implement the rules binding in the Member States and to the preservation of the principles of sustainable development understood as the integration of economic, social and legal activities through the implementation of new technologies for environmental protection. In order to fulfill the obligations arising from the Directive of the European Parliament and the Council 2010/31/UE of May 19, 2010 on the energy performance of buildings, from January 1, 2017, ac...

The optimization of the station points stability position in the monitoring of civil engineering structures displacements in service stage is a necessity due to the fact that depending on the location of the station points the visibility and therefore the accuracy of the determination is maximized. Because sometimes these monitored objects are no longer isolated to afford a wide range of positions of observation points, sometimes even in urban agglomerations that greatly narrow this area and the optimization of th...

Sintioana, the component of the Sinmartin commune, Cluj County, it was necessary to execute operations at legal, economical and technical level. This operation was done successively on cadastral sectors. The present paper deals with the study of the technical operations necessary for the introduction of the real estate cadastre, as well as the achievement of the site and delimitation plans for each building in part, from four cadastral sectors of within the built-up area of Sintioana. In order to take over the tec...

In the opencast coal mining we face the excavation, transport and the storage of a substantial volume of materials. One of the main and regular tasks for surface mines are therefore the calculations of volumes and the monitoring the progress of extraction. The main objective of the measurement is to determine the geographic position of bucket-wheel excavators and lay down their basic geometric parameters, which define their position within three-dimensional space. This way we can monitor, plan and manage mining pr...

Geomonitoring of a mining infrastructure has a crucial impact on company?s proper functioning and safety. For many years one of the most popular monitoring methods in Poland was to measure the tangent directions at multiple levels of a slim construction such us headframe or chimney (bisector intersection). Modern methods contain also GNSS measurements. However, the best method to generate a true shape is TLS measurement and 3D model preparation. Analysing such model, it is possible to determine not only the maxima...

This paper is an analytic research publication. Its thematic scope is the analysis of the present status of cadastral data in Poland and a proposal of creating a multipurpose cadastre. Real property cadastre in Poland, like similar systems throughout the world, is one of the most important information systems based on spatial information of a surveying and legal nature. The system has had a long tradition historically dating back to the thirteenth century. Over the centuries it was transformed and modernized many ...

Maritime Differential GPS systems (283.5-325 kHz) are today the basic method for determining the position of vessels in coastal navigation, entering into seaports as well as pilotage around the world. Today, the position accuracy of these systems reaches about 1 m (p = 0.95) and its availability is higher than 99%. In the last decade, many countries, including Poland, have created a number of national and commercial GNSS geodetic networks. Their range often also includes marine waters, hence the use of methods of ...

Decisions related to the choice of investment site selection, made by government administration bodies, have a major impact on the economy in the region. They can cause economic growth or may cause slowing down its development. To avoid or at least minimize the negative effects of investment decisions, they should be taken on the basis of analyzes carried out earlier. Conducting an analysis related to indication the site selection for a given investment object requires obtaining information covering various spatia...

Today, trains are equipped with up to seven different navigational systems. Each is extremely costly and takes up space on-board. A train crossing from one European country to another must switch the operating standards as it crosses the border. All this adds to travel time and operational and maintenance costs. Together with other technical differences ? for instance in terms of rail gauge, electricity voltage, rolling stock design, etc. ? the existence of more than 20 train control systems in Europe has always b...