{"id":21277,"date":"2026-03-09T16:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T15:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/?page_id=21277"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:29:11","slug":"new-possibilities-for-mine-surveying-documentation-and-visualisation-in-historic-mining","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/new-possibilities-for-mine-surveying-documentation-and-visualisation-in-historic-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"New Possibilities for Mine Surveying Documentation and Visualisation in Historic Mining"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<p><strong>Authors:<\/strong> Paulina Loskot, M. Sc., Prof. Dr.-Ing. J\u00f6rg Benndorf, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Martien\u00dfen, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mine Surveying and Geodesy, Freiberg\/Germany<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div>\n\t\t<hr style=\"margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;\" class=\"divider divider-normal\">\n\t\n<span class=\"tie-dropcap \">T<\/span>he availability of novel, compact multi-sensor scanning technologies \u2013 particularly those integrating LiDAR and imaging sensors \u2013 enables time-efficient and often sufficiently precise acquisition of underground 3D geometries. Based on this data, colour-augmented point clouds and interconnected 3D models can be generated, opening up a wide range of applications: from geological and engineering-geological mapping to vivid 3D visualisations for exhibitions, such as those in show mines.<\/p>\n<p>Modern methods for processing point clouds, such as so-called \u201cGaussian Splatting\u201d, have led to significant improvements in rendering sharpness and model accuracy. Using selected examples from the field of historic mining, this contribution provides insights into the potential of current sensor and evaluation methods and illustrates how these technologies can be effectively employed in the documentation and presentation of underground structures.<\/p>\n<p>This article is based on the German-language version published in the proceedings of the 23rd Colloquium on Abandoned Mining of Clausthal University of Technology (DOI 10.21268\/20250804-0).<\/p>\n<div class=\"mrg-locked-notice\"><div class=\"mrg-locked-message\"><strong>Please log in to read the full article.<\/strong><\/div><p class=\"mrg-login-button-wrapper\"><a class=\"mrg-login-button\" href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/hello\/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmining-report.de%2Fenglish%2Fnew-possibilities-for-mine-surveying-documentation-and-visualisation-in-historic-mining%2F\">Login<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Paulina Loskot, M. Sc., Prof. Dr.-Ing. J\u00f6rg Benndorf, Dr.-Ing. Thomas Martien\u00dfen, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Mine Surveying and Geodesy, Freiberg\/Germany The availability of novel, compact multi-sensor scanning technologies &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1075],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-fachartikel-2026"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Possibilities for Mine Surveying Documentation and Visualisation in Historic Mining - MINING REPORT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/new-possibilities-for-mine-surveying-documentation-and-visualisation-in-historic-mining\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Possibilities for Mine Surveying Documentation and Visualisation in Historic Mining - MINING REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Authors: Paulina Loskot, M. 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