Analysis on the expected and real quality of the horizontal stakeout

Marjetič, Aleš (author), Topoljak, Jusuf (author), Demirović, Kenan (author), Savšek, Simona (author)

Horizontal stakeout is a frequently applied geodetic operation. Prior to performing stakeout tasks within surveying projects, it is essential to analyze the expected outcomes of different horizontal stakeout methods. In this study, the prediction of stakeout quality was carried out by computing expected error ellipses for each point intended for stakeout, based on their known project coordinates. The expected error ellipses were derived using stakeout geometry and measurement elements. After all points were staked out, their coordinates were determined through geodetic measurements. This paper presents an analysis of the expected and achieved error ellipses for every point of a residential building project. The expected error ellipses were calculated for two stakeout methods—the polar method and the intersection of the sight lines —after which the results were compared and evaluated.

• Language: English
• Keywords: stakeout methods, error ellipses, prediction of quality
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 113‐126
• Numbering: God. 59, br. 56
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-177890
• UDC: 528.486
• ISSN on article: 1512-6102
• DOI: 10.58817/2233-1786.2025.59.56.113
• COBISS.SI-ID: 264318979
• Publication date in RUL: 12.01.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Geodetski glasnik
• Shortened title: Geod. glas.
• Publisher: Savez geodetskih inženjera i geometara SR Bosne i Hercegovine
• ISSN: 1512-6102
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2584417

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Bosnian
• Title: Analiza očekivane i stvarne kvalitete horizontalnog iskolčenja
• Keywords: metode zakoličevanja, elipse pogreškov, napoved kakovosti