1. Current projects
  2. Research results

VÚGTK, v.v.i. takes part in many long term projects either as sole participant or in cooperation with its partners. Main providers of these projects and grants are TA ČR, GA ČR, MŠMT, MK ČR and ÚNMZ. Important and prestigious is work on european research projects. The most important currently are running projects include among others:

for The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic:

  • TB01CUZK004 Research findings of the project application named eContentplus EURADIN in terms of RUIAN (2012-2014)
  • TB01CUZK005 Research activities related to ensuring the current metrological traceability to standards used in the implementation of surveying activities in the public interest, specifically in the precisse the parameters of state standards of large distances,... (2012-2014)
  • TB01CUZK006 Implementation of the national geodetic infrastructure for research and development in the Czech geodetic and cartographic branch and in the international project Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) (2012-2014)
  • TB02CUZK002 New equipment and technologies integration into the process of renewal cadastral documentation by new mapping (2012-2016)
  • TB020CUZK003 lntegration of horizontal, veňical and gravity fundamental geodetic controls of the Czech Republic (2014-2016)

for Czech Science Foundation:

  • GAP209/12/2207 Development of analyses using Global Navigation Satellite System data in support of troposphere monitoring (2012-2015)
  • GA14-34595S Mathematical methods for Earth’s gravity field studies (2014-2016)

for Ministry of Education Youth and Sports:

  • EF18_053/0016987 Mobilita VÚGTK (2020 – 2022)
  • EE2.4.31.0010 Supporting the creation of a national network of new generation of Cartography - NeoCartoLink (2012 – 2014, MŠMT/OP VK)
  • LD14102 Development of advanced methods of GNSS analysis in synergy with meteorological and climatologic data (2014-2017, MŠMT/LD)
  • LH14089 Automated Intra- and Inter-technique Troposphere Estimate Comparisons (2014-2016, MSM/LH)
  • LM2010008 CzechGeo/EPOS – Distributed system of permanent observatory measurements and temporary monitoring of geophysical fields in the Czech Republic (2010-2015, MSM/LM)
  • ED1.1.00/02.0090 NTIS - New Technologies for Information Society (2011-2014, MSM/ED)
  • CZ.1.07/3.2.11/03.0115 Improving the selection of continuous education in geodesy and cadastre in central Bohemia (2014, MŠMT, Středočeský kraj /OP VK)
  • CZ.1.05/3.2.00/12.0228 Natura: scientific information sources in natural sciences (2013-2015, MŠMT/VaVpI)

for Ministry of Culture:

  • DF11P01OVV021 Cartographic sources as a cultural heritage. Research of the New Methods and Technologies of Digitalisation to Enable Access and Use of the Old Maps, Plans, Atlases and Globes (2011-2015)
  • VISK 7 – Retrospective digitization of items from the ZK VUGTK collection part III (2014, VZ č.j. 57799/2013)

for Czech office for standards, metrology and testing (ÚNMZ):

  • Maintenance of national long distance standard and length base Koštice (every year since 2011, Metrology development program)
  • Maintenance of national gravity stanard – absolute gravimeter FG5 (every year since 2011, Metrology development program)

European projects:

  • Assessment techniques of Troposheric Effects for Local Augmentation Systems (2012-2014, ESA)
  • The European Union’s Seventh Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement No. 265098 E-GVAP II - The EUMETNET EIG GNSS Water Vapour Programme II (2013-2017, E-GVAP)
  • GNSS4SWEC Advanced GNSS tropospheric products for monitoring sever weather events and chmate (2013-2017, EU-COST)
  • Mobility VÚGTK The aim of the project is to share the experience of foreign experts with VÚGTK staff. The project focuses both on the mobility of researchers from abroad to the VÚGTK workplace and on sending technical staff to foreign internships.