3d laser scanning survey in Wieliczka salt mines

LOCATION
SURVEYING EQUIPMENT
ON-SITE TIME
COMPLETION TIME
FINAL PRODUCT

Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
Scanner Riegl VZ-400, Leica TCRA 1101 plus Total Station
1 day for 2 persons (scanner and totalstation)
10 days for one person
Registered point cloud, floor plans, sections, volume calc.

After Polkowice this is our second 3d laser scanning project in the mine this time better known object. Wieliczka Salt Mine is the only facility in the world mining industry, which is continuously open from the Middle Ages to the present day. The total length of all the shafts and galleries is about 300 km, and deepest of them reaching 327 meters below the surface. Since 1978 the, Wieliczka Salt Mine, has been listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

In the autumn of 2010 we performed 3D laser scanning with a precise measurement of the control points of the mine. The main objective of the laser scanning was to determine the spatial dimensions of the chambers, all measurements the masurments were referred to the local co-ordinate system of the mine. In addition, we poltted floor plans, sections and views of individual chambers.