Device and method for determining the position of a mining or civil engineering machine

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for determining a position of a mining and/or construction machine, wherein at least one marker, at a first position in a first coordination system, and a second marker, at a second position in the said first coordination system, said second position being different from the said first position, are arranged in the surroundings of the said machine. The method comprises the steps of, from a third position, being different from said first and said second position, and which is determined or determinable in relation to the said machine, determining a first direction to the said first marker, determining a second direction to the said second marker. The method also comprises the steps of identifying the said markers using the said first direction and the said second direction, determining the inclination of the machine in a lateral and/or longitudinal direction, and determining a position of the said machine in the said first coordinate system using the said determined directions to the said identified markers and said determined inclination.