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On November 15 and 16, 2023, the 51st Geodetic Day took place in the Congress Center Brdo pri Kranju. The theme of this year's Geodesy Day was dedicated to the challenges of the geodesy and geoinformation profession in today's society, with an emphasis on the challenges of multidimensional modeling.
The event was organized by the Association of Surveyors of Slovenia and the Association of Surveyors of Gorenjska in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Space and the Geodetic Administration, the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy at the University of Ljubljana, the Geodetic Institute of Slovenia, the Chamber of Engineers of Slovenia and the Association of Geodetic Contractors - GIZ-GI. The event began with introductory greetings from the representatives of the organizers, namely mag. Gregor Klemen?i?, president of the Association of Surveyors of Slovenia, Tomaž Petek, general director of the Geodetic Administration, Jožica Marinka, president of the Association of Surveyors of Gorenjska, and prof. dr. Anke Lisec, head of the Department of Geodesy at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, University of Ljubljana.
The first part of the professional program, led by dr. Jernej Tekavac from the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, prepared by the program committee, was intended for invited lectures. The challenges of multidimensional spatial modeling were first presented by prof. Thomas Kolbe from the Technical University of Munich, who informed the participants about the latest innovations in this field at the global level. Special emphasis was placed on the contribution of the geodetic and geoinformation profession to the digital twins of the urban environment, which requires high-quality 3D data models with an additional time dimension if we want to use such models in everyday life - be it monitoring air quality, traffic density or informationally supporting autonomous vehicles. Both the third spatial and the fourth temporal dimension of data present the geodetic and geoinformation profession with many challenges, including for the public geodetic service. How these challenges are faced in Switzerland was presented by dr. Christine Najar from the State Geodetic Administration Swisstopo.
This was followed by presentations of the results of selected research and development projects, which are related to the theme of the Geodetic Day. Among other things, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers presented the challenges of ensuring the quality of multidimensional models of space when combining different data, highlighted the opportunities of processing a large amount of spatial data with machine and deep learning algorithms, and special attention was devoted to the discussion of the challenges of artificial intelligence in geoinformatics. In the afternoon, the participants learned about development projects related to the upgrade of existing official spatial data, including 3D cadastre, multidimensional topographic data models and modeling of cultural heritage.
The presentation of development projects, challenges and innovations in the field of multidimensional modeling in Slovenia continued on Thursday, when special attention was paid to the innovations of the national coordinate system and the challenges of ensuring the quality of remote sensing data for various purposes, including for assessing the damage of natural disasters. In the concluding lectures, the participants were also introduced to the role of spatial information for efficient space management.
At the event, the Geodetic Administration presented the interim results of the tasks carried out within the Green Slovenian Location Framework - SLO4D project (3D cadastre, 4D National Coordinate System, National Topographic Model) and showed different ways of accessing the data provided by the Geodetic Administration, i.e. insights into data, data acquisition and access to data via public and non-public online services.
The two-day expert consultation was accompanied by an exhibition of geodetic and geoinformation companies and other institutions working in the field of geodesy and geoinformatics. Traditionally, the celebratory academy, titled "Measure for all people and all times - meter, good people and thanks", took place as part of the geodesy day, with a rich cultural program, which was intended for the awarding of awards by the Association of Surveyors of Slovenia. Among the recipients were employees or former employees of the Geodetic Administration:
Istok Dolenc received the title of honorary member for many years of dedicated work in the field of geodesy, first as a co-founder of one of the largest coastal companies for design, architecture and geodesy, and later as a manager and director of the Koper Regional Geodetic Administration. He always emphasized the importance of professionalism, precision, consistency, mutual cooperation and respect, which was also reflected in his active participation in the Association of Surveyors of Slovenia.
M.Sc. Franci Ba?ar received the title of honorary member for many years of self-sacrificing work in the field of geodesy. He was always an excellent surveyor, organizer and open-minded person, curious and ready to help in the field where he showed himself. He was the director of the Novo mesto Regional Geodetic Administration for many years and the president of the Dolenj Geodetic Association and the Honorary Tribunal.
Tatjana Flegar received the title of honorary member, as she made a significant contribution to the development of the geodetic service with her many years of professional, professional and social work. The long-time head of the Regional Geodetic Administration, Murska Sobota, made a significant contribution to the good state of cadastre and geodesy in Pomurje. As a long-time member of the Association of Surveyors of Northeastern Slovenia, she actively participated in the work of the association's executive committe
