<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The article presents comprehensive documentation of the situation of post-mining Miedzianka village (former town), which is located in Lower Silesia, in south-western Poland. Due to the long-term expansive mining exploitation since the 14<sup>th</sup> century, over time Miedzianka was completely destroyed and depopulated, thus nowadays, only a few inhabitants live there. The basis for the conducted research area were changes in land and urban structure that have been occurring for centuries in connection with mining operation of copper and uranium. The authors focused on presenting the changes using archival cartographic documentation, land surveying measurements and 3D modelling. That data allowed to determine on the ground specific sites related to mining operations, discover old urban buildings, performing their 3D models and finding places potentially threatened by continuous and discontinuous deformations. The combination of all the data allowed to present the full situation that occurred in Miedzianka.</p></abstract>

The article presents comprehensive documentation of the situation of post-mining Miedzianka village (former town), which is located in Lower Silesia, in south-western Poland. Due to the long-term expansive mining exploitation since the 14th century, over time Miedzianka was completely destroyed and depopulated, thus nowadays, only a few inhabitants live there. The basis for the conducted research area were changes in land and urban structure that have been occurring for centuries in connection with mining operation of copper and uranium. The authors focused on presenting the changes using archival cartographic documentation, land surveying measurements and 3D modelling. That data allowed to determine on the ground specific sites related to mining operations, discover old urban buildings, performing their 3D models and finding places potentially threatened by continuous and discontinuous deformations. The combination of all the data allowed to present the full situation that occurred in Miedzianka.

Mining Activity and its Remains - The Possibilities of Obtaining, Analysing and Disseminating of Various Data on the Example of Miedzianka, Lower Silesia, Poland

Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection

Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The article presents comprehensive documentation of the situation of post-mining Miedzianka village (former town), which is located in Lower Silesia, in...

Mining Activity and its Remains - The Possibilities of Obtaining, Analysing and Disseminating of Various Data on the Example of Miedzianka, Lower Silesia, Poland

Pubblicato online: 14 feb 2019

Pagine: 65 - 72

Ricevuto: 14 ott 2018

Accettato: 12 nov 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2018-0020

Parole chiave
GIS, mining areas, web application, photogrammetry

© 2018 R. Kawiecka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mining Activity and its Remains - The Possibilities of Obtaining, Analysing and Disseminating of Various Data on the Example of Miedzianka, Lower Silesia, Poland

Pubblicato online: 14 feb 2019

Pagine: 65 - 72

Ricevuto: 14 ott 2018

Accettato: 12 nov 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2018-0020

Parole chiaveGIS, mining areas, web application, photogrammetry

© 2018 R. Kawiecka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
GIS, mining areas, web application, photogrammetry