Historical Development of Land Surveying: An Exhibition on Geodesy and Cartography in Prague

This exhibition traces the historical development of land surveying, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography, and Cartography (VÚGTK). It showcases the institute's societal contributions through texts, visuals, and displays of historical and modern instruments.

Created on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Research Institute of Geodesy, Topography, and Cartography (VÚGTK), this exhibition details the history and current work of the public research institution. Through texts, visual materials, and displays of instruments, it highlights VÚGTK's extraordinary societal contributions since its founding in 1954. The institute's mission focuses on applied and basic research in geodesy, surveying, and cadastre, including the development of new methodologies and software. The exhibition is divided into three areas: the institute’s history, its current activities, and research projects in international and national cooperation. Displayed instruments include items from VÚGTK's development workshops and the National Technical Museum's collections. Notable items from the 1960s and 1970s comprise a circumzenithal instrument for latitude and longitude determination, triangles for plotting coordinates, a circular coordinatograph for cadastral surveying, and a graph-theodolite for mining environments. VÚGTK's contributions include a sensor for hydrostatic leveling used at the Temelín Nuclear Power Plant, various circumzenithals, a prototype electro-optical rangefinder, and other measuring tools. The page also references ongoing collaborations with VÚGTK on projects like the 'Virtual Map Collection' and 'Surveying and Astronomical Instruments Used in the Czech Republic'.

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