Abstract

LiDAR is currently the most widely used tool in spatial data collection and is often applied for mapping reliefs and identifying objects. This article reviewed the administration of the register of old mining works and recent mining works in Slovakia. In Slovakia, freely available Aerial Laser Scanning (ALS) products are very useful for geolocation of objects in the Register of Old Mining Works. We used ALS to accurately determine and update their location data, as the state of registration of objects in their current form is unsatisfactory. From this point of view, old mining works represent an important element of cultural and economic development.

Keywords: Old mining works; Geolocation; LiDAR; GIS; DEM; Multidirectional hill-shade