Summary of No. 1/2008
KARAS, Zdeněk. A Smmary Overwiev of the Main Professional Tasks and the Tasks of a Scientific and Technical
Development in the Ninety Years Old History of the Geographic Service. Vojenský geografický obzor. 2008, no. 1,
p. 4–20.
In 2008 the Geographic Service of the Czech Armed Forces is celebrating the 90th anniversary of its creation. For all
the era of its existence the Service has been a vehicle of a progress in the all areas of the surveing. Though the Service
has been a military authority above all, its activities and works its specialists have had a fundamental impact on a development
of the Czech surveying, on a development of geodetic fundamentals including a technical and technological
development. The article brings a brief profile of the main professional tasks which the Service has fulfilled from its
date of creation.
PIROH, Jaroslav. Fifteen Years of Military Geography in Slovakia. Vojenský geografický obzor. 2008, no. 1, p. 24–29.
On October 1, 1993, the Topographic Institute was founded in Banská Bystrica. After splitting Czechoslovakia it continued
in the work of the Military Topographic Institute in Dobruška and the Military Geographic Institute in Prague.
The main task of the new Topographic Institute was to ensure topographic maps production and updating. This article
describes several important milestones in the Institute’s history, presents its successes, and acquaints with basic ideas of
Institute’s activities. Nowadays, when the Topographic Institute will celebrate its 15th anniversary, it can boast not only
of high end equipment, but mainly of expert activities outreaching Slovak Republic.
SKLADOWSKI, Jiří. Ordnance Surveyor Works at the KFOR Base. Vojenský geografický obzor. 2008, no. 1, p. 30–31.
On the basis of the Deputy chief of the ACR General Staff order it was necessary to map military camp KFOR Šajkovac
at the end of January and at the beginning of February 2008. In a few days it was important to prepare not only geodetic
technology but also surveyors for KFOR serving. The surveyors were expected to spend a week in frosty Kosovo during
which it was required to renew geodetic points and to map all the changes which have been made in comparison with
the original base plan.
MARŠA, Jan; BĚLKA, Luboš. Military Geo Specialists in Afghanistan and TLM 50. Vojenský geografický obzor. 2008,
no. 1, p. 32–36.
Geographic support of the staff and armed forces belongs to the very important part of special activity of the Geographic
Service of the Czech Armed Forces. Rapid topographic map TLM 50 represents a recent example of the geographic
support of foreign missions. Sixteen map sheets of the map have been developed and produced by specialists in
VGHMÚř Dobruška in short time to be avaible for the czech contingent ISAF PRT mission in Loghar province.
TEMPÍROVÁ, Markéta. Standardization in the Field of Military Geography. Vojenský geografický obzor. 2008, no. 1,
p. 37–41.
The introduction of principal concepts in NATO standardization. NATO standardization procedures and bodies. IGEO
WG – the group which is responsible for standardization in the field of military geography. The role of the Geographic
service of the AČR in standardization of military geographic production. The information where it is possible to obtain
NATO standardization documents.
JELÍNEK, Josef. 50° 21’ 00” N – 16° 19’ 20” E – 748 m n. m. Vojenský geografický obzor. 2008, no. 1, p. 42–46.
The paper deals with the main tasks of Special Monitoring and Meteorology Department (VGHMÚř Dobruška). The
article briefly describes the history of this special workplace as far as the existing responsibility in the field of seismology
and meteorology. Moreover, there are shortly mentioned current research activities. The last part pays attention to
the future possible actions.