TY - JOUR N2 - The Paper presents the optical method of fixing the off-shore objects positions from the land. The method is based on application of two reference points, having the geographical coordinates de fined. The first point was situated high on the sea shore, where also the camera was installed. The second point was intended for use to determine the topocentric horizon plane and it was situated at the water-level. The first section of the Paper contains the definition of space and disposed therein reference systems: connected with the Earth, water-level and the camera system. The second section of the Paper provides a description of the survey system model and the principles of the Charge Coupled Device – CCD array pixel’s coordinates (plate coordinates) transformation into the geographic coordinates located on the water-level. In the final section there are presented the general rules of using the worked out method in the optical system. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/98350/PDF/art5_Naus.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/98350 PY - 2014 IS - No 1 DO - 10.2478/geocart-2014-0005 KW - optical navigation KW - fixing position KW - land-based positioning A1 - Naus, Krzysztof A1 - Szulc, Dariusz PB - Commitee on Geodesy PAS VL - vol. 63 DA - 2014 T1 - Optical fixing the positions of the off-shore objects applying the method of two reference points UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/98350 T2 - Geodesy and Cartography ER -