%0 Journal Article %T The Czech national long distances measuring standard Ko tice - State of play %A Ji£¿¨ª Kratochv¨ªl %A Ji£¿¨ª Lechner %A Ladislav £¿ervinka %A Ilya Umnov %J Acta Montanistica Slovaca %D 2009 %I Technical University of Kosice %X This article gives information about new Czech national long distances measuring standard, which has been preparedat the distance base near the Ko tice village. Submitter of the project is the Czech Office for Standards, Metrology and Testing.Research and document preparation for creation of the measuring standard were ensured by the Research Institute of Geodesy,Topography and Cartography. Interlaboratory comparisons were made by staff of the Bundeswehr University in Munich. The paperreports about works, which will be carried out on national standard in the second half of this year. Purpose of this works is to improvecharacteristics of accuracy of national etalon. %K national standard %K VUGTK %K distance base Ko tice %K COSMT %K interlaboratory comparisons %U http://actamont.tuke.sk/pdf/2009/s1/10kratochvil.pdf