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Due to usage, handling, and improper storage, measuring tapes undergo changes in their condition over time. For this reason, regular inspection is necessary to ensure the desired quality of results, aiming to verify the accuracy of the tape and its usability in practice. During the calibration of measuring tapes, the position of the scale divisions on the tape is evaluated using a device known as a horizontal comparator. This device consists of a linear base on which a carriage with evaluating equipment, in our ca...

The article deals with the developing and applying of the mobile mapping system developed at the Department of Surveying of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. The article presents a low-cost mobile mapping system for simultaneous localization and mapping of the indoor environment. Existing systems are costly and have robust construction and high-power requirements, making them unavailable for some applications. The proposed measuring system consists of three orthogonally placed 2D lidars, a robotic...

The paper deals with height determination in indoor environment using inertial sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes) and barometer built in a smartphone, which is very important to detect upstairs and downstairs motion of the users. The algorithm proposed uses the barometric formula for height determination and the relationship between the decreasing barometric pressure and increasing height. The main advantage of the use of barometer is the long-term accuracy, because the algorithm is not recursive. The problem of...

The paper deals with development and application of the circular motion simulator (CMS), which was developed at the Department of Surveying of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. The CMS is a rotary motion device with precisely defined motion parameters (position, angular rate, angular acceleration and orientation), which allows to realize a broad spectrum of dynamic tests for various types of sensors (accelerometers, gyroscopes, total stations ? testing of tracking mode, inertial measurement system...

Inertial measuring system (IMS) is a self-contained navigation system which enables monitoring of 3D position and orientation of the navigated object in indoor environment. Determination of the position and orientation of an IMS is based on integration process, where the displacement and the change of the orientation are calculated from inertial measurements (acceleration and angular rate). The measurements of inertial sensors are influenced by systematic errors, which are accumulated in the integration process. A...