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Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) introduced revolutionary changes in the positioning and navigation, but it is well known that the precision, reliability, availability and integrity of the results obtained by this technology, largely depend on the number and geometric distribution of the satellites being tracked. This is especially problem in areas with limited sky visibility, such as urban canyons, dam monitoring in valleys, deep open-pit mines, larges construction sites. Furthermore, indoors or undergr...

Since the geodetic control points are the base for all surveying tasks, the quality of these tasks will directly depend of the quality of geodetic control. The main two elements of geodetic network quality (accuracy) are its precision and reliability. There are different precision and reliability measures for the geodetic control. The positioning precision, as one of the most important component of geodetic network quality, has been expressed in various ways depending on the positioning method. The standards have ...

Standardisation and participation in the processes of developing standards are becoming increasingly important for the surveying profession. Application of standards is a very important part in the process for Quality Management (QM). A key role in developing standards has The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from almost 150 countries. However, in many cases the prescribed standards are not appropriate for practising professionals, so that th...

Tunnels are the objects of road infrastructure which construction requires very complex, demanding, and responsible geodetic tasks. In the tunnelling, at first it is necessary to establish high quality geodetic control that serves as the base for the transfer of the planned tunnel axis in horizontal and vertical directions, as well as the base for all geodetic measurements realised before, during and after tunnel construction. The basic quantity for the planning the completely measuring concept in the tunnelling i...

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) (predominantly GPS carrier phase-based positioning) are used today more and more in various areas of geodesy and surveying. In order to determine the position of a large number of points as quickly as possible, GPS RTK (Real Time Kinematic) surveying method is the most productive one because the coordinates are obtained in real time directly in the field and involve occupying points for a short period of time. Because point positions with high precision are immediately kn...

The subjects of deformation monitoring are either natural objects such as ground deformation due to mining exploitation, withdrawal of oil or underground water, active tectonic plate boundaries, glacier movements etc., or the man-made objects such as dams, bridges, tunnels and other complex engineering structures. The results of deformation monitoring are directly relevant to the safety of human life and environment protection. The bridges are very important subjects in the field of infrastructure management. Stab...