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The historical Benedictine Abbey, which comes from the 12th century, consists of a basilica, monastery buildings and underground cellars. The underground of abbey, which is commonly unavailable for tourists, is not only historically valuable exhibit but also reveals condition of the foundations of the buildings, which has been built on a limestone hill above the River Vistula. In order to obtain spatial information of the underground of the abbey, scientists have made laser scanning of cellars and corridors under ...

The knowledge of temporal changes in land use as well as the proper interpretation of such changes is one of the factors that allow accurate diagnosis of problems that affect the development of rural areas. It helps to make decisions related to various types of changes that the areas may undergo. The identification of changes in land use is possible thanks to the analyses of satellite imaging, aerial scanning, and ground-based measurements completed with different measuring methods. Characteristic features of each...