Project: Metrology for long distance surveying
Many tasks in science and engineering require accurate surveying. Surveillance networks help assess the risk of possible landslides, sinkholes or other tectonic activity, and ensure the safety of local populations and industrial facilities from potential natural disasters. Sea levels are also monitored for both climatologic studies and disaster prevention. Currently, networks of monitoring devices must measure large distances, of up to several kilometres, with uncertainties of one millimetre or below. Two different measurement techniques are commonly used: optical distance measurement and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). However, neither technique can provide traceability to the metre, with the required level of accuracy. This project will develop optical devices that can measure distances of up to one kilometre in air with an uncertainty of 10–7, as well as improving our understanding of different sources of uncertainty for devices based on high-accuracy GNSS. The results will feed into two different test measurement systems in Sweden and Finland.
| Acronym | SIB60 Surveying (Reference Number: SIB60) |
| Duration | 01/07/2013 - 30/06/2016 |
| Project Topic | Metrology |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
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| Website | visit project website |
| Network | EMRP |
| Call | EMRP Call 2012 - Industry, SI Broader Scope and Open Excellence |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt | Coordinator | Germany |
| 2 | Conservatoire national des arts et metiers | Partner | France |
| 3 | Maanmittauslaitos | Partner | Finland |
| 4 | Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica | Partner | Italy |
| 5 | Instituto Português da Qualidade, I.P. | Partner | Portugal |
| 6 | Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy | Partner | Finland |
| 7 | SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB | Partner | Sweden |
| 8 | VSL B.V. | Partner | Netherlands |
| 9 | National Scientific Centre Institute of Metrology | Observer | Ukraine |
| 10 | Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover | Germany | |
| 11 | Technische Universitaet Braunschweig | Germany | |
| 12 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn | Germany |