A brief account of the main directions of research and engineering activities of the Department of Engineering Geodesy is given. The development of scientifically justified methods of complex research of three-dimensional deformations of tower-shaped structures and architectural monuments of Staraya Russa is continued. New formulas for calculating slope for cramped conditions were introduced. An analytical method for the processing of paired photographs for applied photography has been developed. Principles of coordinate-measurement systems application were developed. Methodological provisions for cadastral mapping using modern electronic geodetic instruments were developed for the cadastral evaluation of land and real estate of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation. A new methodology for accuracy assessment based on tensor analysis and application of vector error theory was developed. Research in the field of mining geomechanics was continued: a three-dimensional computer model of rock mass along the oil pipeline route was created.

The accuracy of coordinates determination from images and determination of internal orientation elements can be significantly affected by the surface quality of photographic plates, which is understood as deviation of their surface on the emulsion side from the plane. This deviation leads to displacement of the image of photographed objects on the negative and to increase of distances between images of coordinate marks of the camera's application frame...

Improving the quality of geological documentation can be achieved by photographing mine workings and then compiling photographic schemes that are used for primary geological documentation. This method is simple, but is possible when the reflectivity of the minerals composing the deposit is known, which makes it possible to select photographic materials and light filters that give the opportunity to obtain the most contrasting separation of minerals on the photo ....