Engineering Surveys for Industry

This book is the translated English version of a text on industrial surveys, originally published in Slovak by SPEKTRUM STU Publishing. This updated version is not only a translation of the original, but also a reviewed, extended version, which reflects up-to-date international standards and regulations. The book covers topics in engineering surveying not available in other publications in this complex form, and addresses the design methodology, data processing and implementation of geodetic measurements under specific conditions to make industrial work environments safer and more efficient. The book begins by introducing readers to these conditions, and then discusses design of maps, geodetic networks and  information systems of industrial plants, the usage of cartesian and polar coordinate measuring systems, terrestrial laser scanning technology, as well as measurement of cranes, rotary kilns and special objects of nuclear power plants. The book will be of use to teachers, students, practitioners (e.g. surveyors), quality production managers, equipment designers and mechanical engineers. 

Prof. Alojz Kopáčik, PhD. is Professor of Geodesy and Cartography and the head of the Department of Surveying at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He has been lecturing on Engineering Surveying, Underground Surveying, and Legislation in Surveying since 2000. His main research areas are Engineering Surveying, Automation of Measuring Systems, and Deformation Analysis. He is the author and co-author of 6 books, editor of 12 proceedings, the main investigator of many research and commercial projects, member of the German Geodetic Commission of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, the FIG, TCs in the field of standardization, of examination commissions at many universities, and the Chamber of surveyors and cartographers in Slovakia, and is a licensed surveyor.Ján Erdélyi, PhD. is an Associate Professor at the Department of Surveying at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He has been lecturing on Engineering Surveying and Engineering Surveys for Industry since 2009. He worked on the Habilitation on Use of Terrestrial Laser Scanning in Construction and Industry in 2018 at the STU in Bratislava, and he performs research activities in the field of TLS, Deformation Analysis, and Building Information Modelling. He is a co-investigator of many research and commercial projects aimed at different fields of engineering surveying.Peter Kyrinovič, PhD. is an Associate Professor at the Department of Surveying at the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava. He has been lecturing on Engineering Surveying and Surveying since 1999. He worked on Habilitation on Measuring Systems for Geodetic Monitoring of Building Structures in 2018 at the STU in Bratislava. His main research areas are Engineering Surveying, Automation of Measuring Systems, and Deformation Analysis. He is author of several projects in these fields.