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Geodesy I

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 544-0072/08
Abbreviation G I
Course title Geodesy I
Credits 6
Coordinating department Department of Geodesy and Mine Surveying
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Hana Staňková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
1. Fundamentals of error theory and adjustment computation.
2. Classification of errors, law of propagation of errors, measurement weights.
3. Measurement of horizontal angles and directions, definitions of angles and directions.
4. Instruments for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, reading systems.
5. Theodolite – classification according to type and accuracy, description of theodolite components.
6. Conditions for the proper functioning of a theodolite. Sources of errors in the measurement of horizontal and vertical angles.
7. Methods of measuring horizontal and vertical angles, measurement checks, principles of computation.
8. Measurement of magnetic directions, magnetic declination, instruments and accessories.
9. Measurement of gyroscopic directions, principles of the gyrotheodolite, measurement procedures.
10. Direct methods of distance measurement, measurement techniques, systematic errors.
11. Indirect methods of distance measurement, optical methods, stadia and subtense methods.
12. Indirect methods of distance measurement, electro-optical distance measurement (EDM).
13. Reduction of measured distances to the computational surface.

Literature

STAŇKOVÁ, Hana, Pavel ČERNOTA, Rostislav DANDOŠ, Petr JADVIŠČOK, Jiří POSPÍŠIL, Jiří DORDA a Kateřina PROKEŠOVÁ. Geodézie I [online]. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2021. Dostupné z: https://databaze.opvvv.msmt.cz/vystup/1493 [cit. 2026-08-25].
ČERNOTA, Pavel, Hana STAŇKOVÁ, Rostislav DANDOŠ, Petr JADVIŠČOK, Jiří POSPÍŠIL a Jakub KOSTELECKÝ. Geodézie 1. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2019. ISBN 978-80-248-4260-8.
HÁNEK, Pavel. Stavební geodézie. Praha: Nakladatelství ČVUT, 2007, 133 s. ISBN 978-80-01-03707-2.
LU, Zhiping; QU, Yunying a QIAO, Shubo. Geodesy: introduction to geodetic datum and geodetic systems. Berlin: Springer, [2014]. ISBN 978-3-642-41244-8.

Advised literature

POSPÍŠIL, Jiří a ŠTRONER, Martin. Stavební geodézie: doplňkové skriptum. 3. vydání. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2023. ISBN 978-80-01-07154-0.
SKOŘEPA, Zdeněk a Lenka LÍNKOVÁ. Geodézie 4. 2., přepracované vydání. Praha: České vysoké učení technické v Praze, 2023. ISBN 978-80-01-07176-2.
ČERNOTA, Pavel, Hana STAŇKOVÁ, Jiří POSPÍŠIL, Jiří DORDA, Martin MALÍŘ a Tomasz LIPECKI. Důlní měřictví [online]. Ostrava: Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2021. Dostupné z: https://databaze.opvvv.msmt.cz/vystup/1485 [cit. 2026-08-25].
KAVANAGH, Barry F. a MASTIN, Tom B. Surveying: principles and applications. 9th ed., international ed. Always learning. Boston: Pearson, c2014. ISBN 978-0-13-287470-0.