The third issue, No. 3
Bogusława Kwoczyńska 
Determining the volume of soil masses using different measurement techniques
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/GLL/2021.3.7
Calculating the volume for various types of surfaces and materials is important for many branches of engineering sciences. Correct volume calculation often has a significant impact on the cost and time of a given project. These type of calculations are already applied at the design level. Measurement of cubature is crucial, for example, in construction and mining.
The paper presents an analysis of and calculation results for measuring the volume of soil masses using different measurement techniques, which include: LIDAR (in this case of terrestrial and airborne laser scanning), photos taken with the use of UAV and measurements in the GNSS method. The object of the study was an earth mound located in the Park Dębnicki in Kraków. Relative volume error has been calculated in relation to the terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) method. For each of the tested methods, the error remained within the limits allowed by the standards and amounted to 0.2% for airborne laser scanning (ALS), 2.3% for photos obtained from UAVs and 3.4% for the GNNS-RTK method. The results of tests are presented in graphic and tabular forms. The obtained results were compared and the most advantageous measurement techniques to be used in determining the cubic capacity of this particular research object was indicated.
Keywords: volume • soil mass • LIDAR • UAV
Andrzej Kwinta , Joanna Bac-Bronowicz
Analysis of hyperboloid cooling tower projection on 2D shape
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/GLL/2021.3.25
This paper undertakes the problem of mapping a hyperboloid cooling tower on a single plane. Measurements performed by ground-based laser scanning technology quickly deliver substantial amounts of geometric data of the tower’s outer wall. The essence of the article is projection of the rotational hyperboloid on a plane. The shape of the hyperboloid cooling tower is not directly expandable to a single plane. Mapping a hyperboloid shape on a plane is, therefore, associated with distortions. This paper presents a comparison between cylindrical and conic projection of a hyperboloid cooling tower. The most popular method of mapping hyperboloid is cylindrical projection. The cylinder’s side surface is easily developed on the drawing sheet. For the hyperboloid cooling tower, the biggest distortions occur in the latitudinal direction and reach the highest values at the top and bottom edges. The equation (13) describe distortion for the cylindrical projection. The equation (18) describe distortion for the conical projection. This paper presents results obtained from the performed measurement. The analysis found that cone mapping produces less distortion than cylindrical projection for the hyperboloid cooling tower. We think, that in conical projection, the shape of a hyperboloid cooling tower and theoretical conic shape have better corresponding together than in cylindrical projection.
Keywords: hyperboloid cooling tower • tower measurement and analysis • cartographic projection • laser scanning
Paweł Pieńkowski , Marcin Stoltman , Bogusław Zakrzewski
Location of overhead power lines within Bukowe hills mesoregion in relation to the assessment of forest area fragmentation
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/GLL/2021.3.41
National power grid in Poland requires modernisation, therefore by 2030 numerous actions are scheduled regarding the expansion of the existing network and the construction of new electricity transmission lines (power lines). The planned activities will undoubtedly change the quality of landscape and result in fragmentation of forest habitats, some of which are characterised by high biodiversity and constitute a key element of ecological corridors. The aim of the present paper was to outline the issue of the impact of the power line corridors on forest habitat fragmentation, as well as to present the GuidosToolbox software (Graphical User Interface for the Description of image Objects and their Shapes) used, among other things, for the determination of the degree of fragmentation of forest habitats. The analysis concerned the Puszcza Bukowa forest, which is a part of the Natura 2000 network and is protected under the Szczecin Landscape Park ‘Puszcza Bukowa’. Despite abundant natural assets of the Puszcza Bukowa forest, it was necessary to run many power lines through its area due to location of the forest in the vicinity of the Szczecin agglomeration. The course of power lines contributed to the fragmentation of the discussed forest complex and to the depletion of its interior classified with the GuidosToolbox software as ‘Intact’. The software discussed in the present paper may prove useful in the identification of the degree of forest area fragmentation, connected with the course of high-voltage power transmission lines, and in the assessment of the impact of the planned investment projects on biocenoses.
Keywords: high-voltage power transmission lines • habitat fragmentation • landscape fragmentation • landscape analysis
Izabela Piech , Przemysław Klapa , Piotr Szatan
The use of terrestrial laser scanning in the preservation of valuable architectural objects
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/GLL/2021.3.53
In the present day, we are witnessing the dynamic development of our country. We observe a growing number of new construction investments, which are designed to meet the needs of the market. Streets are being widened to cope with the growing number of vehicles, modern office buildings and skyscrapers are being built in the largest Polish cities, which at the same time have valuable architectural objects in their oldest districts. Such objects, due to their age, are susceptible to damage, and thus to the threat that their value will be lost. Such damage may occur in the course of construction works that destabilize the soil structure, which may lead to damage to the building’s foundations and, as a result, harm or destroy the most important structural elements of the monument. Another important factor is the operation of industrial plants that emit harmful substances, which have a negative impact on façades and other external elements, such as, for example, relief sculptures. It may be difficult and complicated to remove the effects of the risks described above if the documentation necessary to carry out protection or renovation works is incomplete or insufficiently detailed. A separate issue worth discussing are architectural objects made of perishable materials such as wood [Bernat et al. 2014]. There are many objects of wooden architecture in Poland, such as: Catholic and Orthodox churches, open-air museums, and other relics of bygone eras. Apart from the obvious threat of fire and its negative effects, one can also mention the negative impact of precipitation, whether in the form of rain causing the wood to soak and, as a result, to rot, or the risk of damaging the foundations during a flood. The listed threats have a direct and indirect impact on the structure of such historical buildings. Therefore, it is important to take care of their detailed survey, with the view to preserving and maintaining them. It is also worth mentioning a large number of castles located in our country. The condition of their structures is very diverse and ranges from newly restored buildings to those with only foundations left. In all cases, it is important to obtain accurate plans and models of these building objects. This will serve to preserve their dimensions and shapes. Such data can be used to develop documentation necessary to carry out reconstruction or renovation in order to return the building to its former glory, and thus obtain another object worth seeing.
Keywords: terrestrial laser scanning • survey • architecture
Izabela Piech , Mateusz Kopciara
Modernization of buildings in a specific area, using photogrammetric methods
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/GLL/2021.3.65
Photogrammetry is a rapidly developing field of science, using new technologies such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and digital cameras. This field deals with obtaining reliable information about physical objects and their surroundings by means of recording, measuring and interpreting images [Markiewicz et al. 2012]. Currently, unmanned aerial vehicles are used not only for taking amateur or professional commemorative aerial photographs, but they also find much more specialized applications. Among these applications, we can distinguish air pollution inspections (carried out, among others, by municipal police), border inspections, search for missing persons, and many other uses [Nowobilski 2020]. UAV photogrammetry can be understood as a new photogrammetric measurement tool. It opens up various new applications in the field of short-range imaging, combining aerial and ground photogrammetry; and it also introduces low-cost alternatives to classical aerial photogrammetry with crew [Eisenbeiß 2009]. Today, not everyone can afford photogrammetric flight campaigns, which require more time and money. Although UAVs are not used on a large scale in surveying, still, their development, the possibility of using them for surveying works, the accessibility and ease of application, as well as the development of the cameras themselves, convince more and more surveyors to use them more broadly in the performance of geodetic works.
Unmanned aerial vehicles are used to perform photogrammetric mission flights, thanks to which photos of the land surface are obtained. This allows for the generation of orthophotos, and even three-dimensional terrain models, enabling further analysis of the studied area. The aim of this study was to present the possibility of using UAVs for the purpose of updating land and buildings records in a specific area. Based on the photos obtained during the photogrammetric mission, an orthophotomap had been generated, which was subsequently used for the modernisation of records and updating the functions of buildings and areas. Then, all the buildings on the land plots were grouped according to their function, status, construction material, number of storeys, and area calculated from the roof surface. 37 land plots were covered by the measurement. 5 selected plots were used for the purpose of this publication.
Keywords: UAV • drone • photogrammetry • orthophotomap • land and building records
Szczepan Budkowski
Problem of soil science based cLassification of land in the context of updating land and building records
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/GLL/2021.3.83
Pursuant to the Geodetic and Cartographic Law, the soil science based classification of land should be understood as the division of soils into valuation classes due to their productive quality, determined on the basis of soil genetic features. Pursuant to the above-mentioned Act, the task of the starosta (district administrator) is to maintain both the soil science classification of land, and the land and building records (cadastral records). The data that is the subject of the decision issued by the authority in the field of soil science classification of land constitute elements of the essential information set within land and building records, in accordance with Article 23 section 3 point 1 g of the Geodetic and Cartographic Law [PGiK]. The aim of this publication was to present the irregularities resulting from the failure to update land and building records, as well as from the lack of uniform administrative procedures in the field of soil science classification of land, which translates into the quality of the works performed. The research method used is the case study. The method was supported by the analysis of legislation in the above-mentioned subject matter.
Keywords: land and building records • soil science based classification of land • law • classifier • space
Joanna Gronkowska
Energy cluster – an attempt in characterisation and definition
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15576/GLL/2021.3.93
Clusters are an organisational and economic phenomenon. This paper attempts to answer what an energy cluster actually is and whether it meets the requirements of a cluster in the classical approach of economic sciences.
The Act of 20 February 2015 on renewable energy sources (Ustawa OZE 2015) introduced the concept of an ‘energy cluster’. It was aimed at, among others, increasing energy security and environmental protection through an efficient use of renewable energy sources. In the literature on the subject, there is no single universally applicable definition of a cluster, it can only be considered in its various aspects. The concept of a cluster has so many applications, associations and meanings that in many respects it has become a ‘chaotic idea’ due to flattening and equalising different types, processes and spatial scales of economic location within one universal concept. However, the main doubt concerns the very definition of a cluster.
Keywords: energy cluster • network structure • cooperation • business alliance
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