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Mining rail transport is one of the main transport systems within intra-plant logistics of mining enterprises. Its main task is the transportation of raw materials from mining sites for further processing. For efficient operation it is necessary to apply planning and optimization tools. Within the optimization processes as a one of the key tools in engineering practice appears to be a computer simulation method. For proper applying it is, however, necessary to handle modelling of some particularities which are rel...

The touristic maps are the one of the most popular and widely used among the society type of map. However the ones are not official map and no government entity of Poland responsible for producing and distributing this types of maps. Therefore they are not free for local governments. Tourist on line maps are an ideal way for cities and region to promote their local business community. Indeed, it is estimated that hundred billion is spent on travel and tourism annually in the Poland. This is why local governments s...

In the paper is described system of indirect measurement of melt temperature (SIMT) in the converter. The steelmaking process belongs to very complicated metallurgical processes. Steelworks annually make millions of tons quality steel for home and foreign market. Quality and quantity of produced steel is needed to rise so steelworks are able to compete in world in this part of an industry. One of the options how to raise the quality in this technological process is information about temperature during melt. Temper...

Paper deals with important aspects of organization and implementation of transport operations and transport processes between points of origin and points of consumption in order to meet requirements of GS1 standards to fulfill supply chain needs. Requirements for smart transport units are defined from point of view standards and logistic processes. Smart logistic unit is equipped by designed information unit (hardware, software and communication). This information unit processes raw data from logistic or transport...

Underground coal gasification (UCG) is an industrial process that provides an alternative to conventional underground mining at coal seams that are located especially deep underground. This process converts coal into product gas (syngas). In this contribution, a proposal of the monitoring system of the underground coal gasification process is presented. The task of the monitoring system is shown indirect measured values from UCG process as two-dimensional temperature field of gasified coal seam. The two-dimensiona...

This paper is focused on creation of the tail unit FEM strength analysis of the UAV based on helicopter by advanced CAx tools. To perform the analyses were used advanced information technology tools with high precision. For the strength analysis was used solver NASTRAN as a part of software NX. This analysis has shown us, in which locations of the surface design will be the greatest loads during the flights operations and in which points of attachment of the tail unit together with fuselage will be the greatest st...

The main source of information needed to build, update and maintain spatial databases are aerial images. The biggest advance of aerial images is their capability to efficiently cover large areas. With the continuous development of technology, aerial imaging has become cheaper and more affordable than any time before. With this advancement of technology, large amounts of data need to be processed. In order to extract information from aerial images, they need to be processed into ortho-rectified images and then vect...

Recently, the volume of scientific literature has grown rapidly raising an imminent question about its storage and organization. Many research papers are often available only through the websites of the relevant scientific journals. It is an essential problem when different classification codes are used in order to organize these papers or when specific categorization in a certain scientific field is missing. This leads to unnecessary complications in the researchers' aims who want to quickly and easily find liter...

Most of the enterprises operate in a competitive environment and in very rapid development of ICT (information and communication technology) and other technological facilities. So, enterprises are forced to be transformed from classic way of manufacturing into manufacturing digitalization to be competitive on the today market. This paper presents the usage of ICT on the FMI (Furniture and Metalworking Industry) of Kosovo and their impact on the path to the digital factory. Introducing computerized system and other...

Detecting people in videos or images in order to interpret their behaviour is nowadays an important part of safety and security monitoring. Detection of persons in videos is more challenging than detection of any other moving objects, be it animals or vehicles. This paper reviews the recent work on a developing tool - STATBOX for spatial analysis and modelling. STATBOX concept is based on the video data collection for a given territory, which can be taken using different devices such as mobile phones, surveillance...

The article presents a development of the Control centre prototype for sensors network. Our Control centre is a web-based information system that supports management of sensors, their data storage in PostgreSQL/PostGIS databases and data analysis. Databases are remotely connected into Control centre. Therefore, they can be stored in different machines or services like Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform, etc. Analytical tools of SQL, Spatial SQL and Python languages are used. Currently, t...

Conception of information society can be viewed as using of information and communication Technologies that are sign ificant phenomenon of present economy, since they remove geographical boundaries and they support process of economy globalization and international cooperation. Most mature countries are striving deliberately to use advantages of info rmation and communication Technologies for acceleration of development of society, ec onomy and quality of the inhabitants live. Government of Slovak republic declare...

The article deals with the de termination of the basic inte gral characteristics of the objects as are the volume, mass, centre of gr avity and the moment of inertia. The article mentions the problems, which originate at the calculation of these characteristics for the parts with difficult shapes. The utilization of CAD/CAM is one of the possibilities which can be used at the solution of this problem. The specification of these characteristics is necessary at the sugges tion or dimensioning of machine parts and al...

One of the most characteristic features of the processes in the area of mining and processing of earth resources is their comple xity. The modern methods of investigation, monitoring and control of these processes utilize approaches ba sed upon modeling of the processes. In this paper we will focu s only on the dynamical processes, where the mathematical models are diffe rential equations. As it results from the last research works, majority of the real objects in ge neral are fractional-order systems. Fractional-...

The current paper marks the early stage of the PhD thesis of the first author of the paper. The thesis includes partial creation of an educational repository system, which should become a highly flexible portal that gives a ccess to variety of educational resources. The simulation of the development of the repos itory system is the main topic of this paper. The human resources needed for the su ccessful end of the project are centric for the simulation which can be quite useful not only for developers of similar s...

In order to prepare minimal feature vectors to be used in a Content Based Image Recognition (CBIR) system, we are proposing methods that can accurately identify the main colors contained in a digital image. The methods use the “LAB” color space properties that allow for all the colors of the same intensity or luminance “L” to be placed uniformly in the same “ab” plane. Basically, RGB images are first preprocessed: trimmed, scaled and transformed in the LAB color space. Then (a,b) pairs, corresponding t...

In recent years, due to advances in science and technology, environmental issues have been rising, constantly requiring additional attention. Fumes, waste water, air pollution are just some of many problems the society’s dealing with today. We are now in position to use the same technology, that threatens to destroy basic environmental resources necessary for living, for monitoring environmental parameters’ conditions and avoiding further pollution. Visualization of real time data and on-time data delivery are...

Research presented in this paper is a part of our ongoing work on GeoNis framework. GeoNis is framework for interoperability of GIS applications in local community environment. In this paper we introduce an approach for automatic generation of objectoriented model for handling ontology instances stored in relational databases. Central part of this approach is an algorithm that transforms application ontologies into appropriate object-oriented model. Using this approach we have developed a Data Access Layer Generat...

Floods are river basin wide phenomena and they often create common problems with locally varying intensity. The flood disaster management is highly dependent on early information and needs forecasts and data from the river basin as a whole. The starting point for flood risk management planning is the assessment of flood risks, based on the information about the river basin and floods in the past. The next step is developing strategies for reaction when flooding events are prognosticated, and evaluation of these st...

This paper presents out researches in the area of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and geovisualization. As one of the results, we will present a solution that consists of geodata styling document repository and editor. This solution is a part of a larger GIS interoperability platform – GeoNis. As a language used for creating geographic data styling documents, we have chosen Symbology Encoding (SE) language proposed by the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) organization. Integrated Symbology Encoding Edi...

Optimized site selections for urban facilities and services could be mentioned as one of the most important factor in urban management. In this context, several factors influence on decision making for site selection that by considering each of them, management could optimize the usage of equipments by employing the standard criteria. In this study, with regard to different criteria in selecting appropriate waste storage locations, which reaches both economic-technical and environmental considerations, and by empl...

In this study a methodological framework is presented using tools and techniques of geoinformatics to quantify gully erosion. The study was conducted in the Fergusson catchment; a sub-catchment of the Daly river, Northern Australia. Various airborne and field based reconnaissance surveys have shown that the catchment in places is severely affected by gully erosion producing large amounts of sediment. The framework applied comprised of Cartosat-1 (2.5 m resolution) stereo imagery 2008, topographic maps 1:20,000, 1 ...

This work studies the development and application of the multi-objective genetic algorithm based on the Pareto approach, as a tool for the decision making support in the geospatial analysis. Pareto-based evolutionary mechanism developed as an approach to multi-objective geospatial optimisation operates with fixed parameters of genetic operators. It can be used as efficient tool for multi-objective planning both for their power and flexibility and the fact that they generate a whole set of good solutions rather tha...

The subject of the paper is investigation of the properties of concurrent vibro-acoustic signal in the process of rock massif separation with the method of rotary drilling. The aim is to investigate the possibilities of using this signal as an integrating information source for the purposes of identification of the process of separation from the viewpoint of efficiency of the set mode (pressure, revolutions, and indenter) under current geotechnical conditions. Investigated is the possibility of recognition of the ...

In this work, the horizontal failure loads acting in the wall plane and the shear strengths of the walls constructed using solid batch bricks are studied by considering various types of bond arrangements and the results are discussed. For this purpose the samples are produced using simple running bond and polonez bond. In the experimental study is carried out using the procedure proposed in ASTM 1391-81 for the standard shear stress of masonry walls. The observed behavior of the experimental samples and the cracks...

Statement of the problem. In prospecting of deposit, geologists collect many samples, which after chemical analysis of concentration gives a lot of numbers that would be used for resource calculation. Let denote space vector by t (it can be univariate for a hole, bivariate and threedimensional for a deposit), concentration by x(t), and productive part of space by Q. Resource of deposit X composes the integral of concentration x(t) over Q by samples. This is not simple mathematical problem and, consistently, differ...

In this study, behaviors of wall samples produced from solid batch bricks were investigated under horizontal loads using various types of bond. Fort his aim six samples that contain three samples from each one, whose dimensions are 60*60 cm, were prepared. Hatch bond and running bond types were used while preparing the samples. Produced masonry wall samples were failure using experimental technique of standard shear strengths. The observed behavior of the experimental samples and the cracks occurred are studied, h...

The very sharing of resources that lies at the heart of the Grid concepts is of utmost importance in the case that we are studying. Securing the sharing of instruments through industry standard methodologies offers an unprecedented way for scientists to cooperate efficiently through standardized security means, without the incompatibility of implementing interoperability layers for each different experiment and site combination. We performed our model use case analysis in two complementary ways: by the examination...

The offered method is based on consideration of seismic process as a process of Earth’s crust destruction by seismogenetic breaks of different size and location, connected with each other. Special mathematical methods of handling are used to reveal these connections of earthquakes (EQs) that determine place and time of a preparing strong EQ. We’ll divide EQs (1) by their strength in magnitudes, for example 5.0 and 7.0, into weak, moderate, and strong, and (2) by depth, for example 15 and 40 km, into surfacial,...

The web content grows annually by a geometric progression. Internet pages provide information not only through the markup language (X)HTML, which is used to create Web pages, but often in many different other formats and also web services. One task of this project is to make detail analysis of existing web services for obtaining the geographical coordinates of the given information and take advantage of them to extract spatial information from web pages. Positive results of this analysis in Czech information on th...

The contribution deals with the possibilities of unknown part topography defining and with some problems, which originate at the creating of 3D model without drawing documentation details of modelled part. It is concerned to the parts with complex shape. To obtain the dimensions of such undefined real part is often very difficult, especially, if the accuracy requirement is great. The solution of these problems can greatly affect the efficiency of the part manufacturing and so considerably decrease the economic cos...

The opportunities for automation processes in grading are described. Examples for the achieved results in developing software for the specialized investing activities and work with the program package < GEODESY > are given.

Highly accurate digital terrain model (DTM) is nowadays considered to be a top-level tool for modeling processes on earth surface. Particularly important is its application in the regions endangered by natural disasters – especially floods. Occurrence of extreme flowage – floods in the past few years has not only intensified, but began to interfere in to regions, that up till now didn´t experienced floods. Each year brings greater damage on properties and infrastructure. Potential size of inundated area, prog...

Coal bed “Drmno” encompasses the area of 60 km2, and total reserves are estimated to 608·106 tons. The coal is being exploited by mine stripping method, and the capacity was 6·106 tons in 2007. Coal layer, with average thickness of 16 m, relatively uniformly sinks from the terrain surface, at the east of the bed, towards west and north, with average slope of about 6°. Coal depth ranges from 35 m, from eastern front advance point, to 100 m, in the western front point. Coal exploitation is impeded by water-be...

The comparison of different types of line and boundary detectors is made. The appropriate modifications of procedures for processing of grey level or binary images are analysed. The accuracy and quality of contours generated from images with different resolution are estimated. Different procedures for line following and contour interpolation for structural description of vector information obtained from digital images are compared. The properties of these procedures are encountered and the criteria for choice of t...

Total variation (TV) minimization represents an example of a class of recently introduced image processing techniques that use partial differential equations. Total variation has been shown to be very successful in many image processing applications. The reason for using TV is that it has been shown to suppress noise effectively while capturing sharp edges. The aim of the study is to present some numerical results for the image reconstruction process by using a computational algorithm which incorporates the TV reg...

In the last few years has begun the development of dynamic web applications, often called Web2.0. From this development was created a technology of composite web application also called Mashups. Composite web applications may easily combine huge amounts of data sources and functionalities of existing as well as future web applications and services. Therefore, they are used to develop a new device, which offers new possibilities in information usage. Great advantage of this technology is lowering the cost for the s...

The opportunities for integration of synchrotron radiation (SR) techniques in the Earth and Environmental sciences research together with Remote Access Services (RAS) and integrated Grid-based data processing tools are described. The successful implementation of the SR methods with Grid technology will provide new opportunities to the global science community. The possibility to perform precise measurements at different synchrotron beamlines through grid-embedded remote access instrumentation protocols based on hi...

This paper presents software implementation of the geo-database model of the Republic of Macedonia. Geo-database model is developed using the latest information technology, GIS, .NET and relational database. All phases of the software implementation are explained, starting from creating relational database TeРєton in SQL Server 2000, enabling geo-database TeРєton using SpatialWare 4.8 for entering spatial data, inserting vector maps into geo-database TeРєton to developing specialized applications (Desktop Tools an...

This paper describes utilization of environmental data to support decision-making in environmental management and protection. This requires a thorough knowledge of related developments in computer science and a good understanding of the environmental management tasks at hand. As computational power increases, and observation systems sample the environment more densely in space and time, environmental datasets have become increasingly large and more complex. Furthermore, environmental datasets, both observed data a...

The filtering of binary images containing graphic and text information possesses typical peculiarities and uses heuristic processing procedures. At the same time the application of grey level methods for processing of digital images gives a lot of advantages. It is introduced an approach for the processing of binary images that is based on the adaptation of algorithms for grey level images like boundary detection, contour tracing, and line tinning. It is made the comparison of methods for binary filtering and corr...

A review of the CAD systems used in the investigation planning, possibilities to automate planning and the basic directions related with planning are done. Examples for achieved results when developing software for the specialized investigation activities and when working with the program package “Geodesy” are given.

The technical specifications defined from instrumentation owners of suitable for remote access expensive equipment in Earth Sciences domain are presented. The database containing all mentioned above structured information is created and used as analytical tool in this investigation. The user community requirements in several different domains for application of remote access are evaluated and analysed. This work is one of the main parts of RINGrid project (Remote Instrumentation in Next-generation Grids) under the...

In this paper some specific problems concerning the database and information quality are presented analyzed. There are emphasized some approaches presented in the literature and some “classical” mistakes encountered in practice.

This paper has been accomplished in the framework of Diminish Project (LIFE03 ENV/ RO/000539) within the Life Environment Program. In accord with the Water Framework Directive the nutrient management is a decisive factor for increase the water quality. In this respect the Diminish on-line system, based on GIS database and modeling approach and using Open-GIS technology, allows diminishing uncertainties related to basin management. The Bistrita River (283 km length, 7039 km2) had proven to be specifically sensitive...

This case study presented herein compares the landslide susceptibility mapping methods of frequency ratio (FR), logistic regression and artificial neural networks (ANN) applied in the Kat county (Tokat-Turkey). Digital Elevation Model (DEM) was first constructed using a GIS software. Parameter maps affecting the slope stability such as; geology, faults, drainage system, topographical elevation, slope angle, slope aspect, topographic wetness index (TWI) and stream power index (SPI) were then produced from DEM of th...

The use of numerical systems to evaluate the appropriateness of a mining method for a particular ore deposit has been in use for some time. These systems rely on ranking a finite number of geometrical, geological, and geomechanical parameters to arrive at a rating value for different mining methods. Nowadays application of fuzzy logic has been paid attention for selection of mining exploitation method. The mining method selection (MMS) system takes account of the uncertainty associated with boundary conditions of ...

Geographic Information System (GIS) are gradually gaining greater importance in the course of modeling of processes and phenomena in the surrounding environment. The mining is also affected by those systems. They use not only powerful tools for modeling and visualization of real objects in the 3D, but also statistical analyses. Some of the features of ArcGIS [1] for 3D modeling, visualization and statistical analyses on quarry and mines are described in the article.

In open pit mine planning, push back mining sequence is widely used for long-term production planning. These push backs are designed with haul road access and act as a guide during the yearly scheduling process. Therefore, pushback design plays a key role in defining annual cash flows to be generated from a mining operation. In push back design, a series of nested pits is generated and then considered as possible push backs with regard to the minimum push back width requirements. These nested pits are produced by ...