Landslide umka: The first automated monitoring project in Serbia

Abstract

In the past decade, there has been a gradual introduction of systematic monitoring on the largest landslides in Serbia by establishing a network of monitoring facilities. The first manual monitoring system was installed near Belgrade on Umka landslide including survey points, inclinometers, piezometers, triaxial deformeters etc. As the rapid adoption of new technologies continues - the natural evolution of equipment for landslide monitoring has started. The technological evolution of GPS based systems creates the potential for automated remote collection of accurate, high resolution data and represents step forward that will increase speed, precision, cost effectiveness and overall quality of landslide investigations. This paper presents first results, features and benefits of introducing automated approach in order to provide high quality data as a base for detailed landslide investigations. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013.