<h2id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook - Introduction to wallets</h2>
<h1>Introduction to wallets</h1>
<h2>What is a Wallet ?</h2>
<p> If you already know what a wallet is, go to <ahref="newwallet.html">Creating a New Wallet</a>.
<p>A wallet is a a transparent folder/envelope, also sometimes known as a "pocket", which contains the original muddy survey notes and sketches which were made down the cave on a survey trip.
<p>All the original notes and sketches are all filed in the clearly marked
wallet as soon as possible after a survey trip. Rip them out of the notebook, don't take them caving again and <em>don't leave them lying around to
be "Gössered"</em> in the hut. Photogrpah them with your phone or scan them witht he flatbed scanner in the hut immediately and <ahref="/walletedit/">upload the scans</a>.
<p>The notes (all of them, including dates, personnel, calibration, LRUD,
station details, etc.) should be filed away in the wallet in the current year's
surveys binder. You should include a transcription on a sheet of paper if they are illegible
(to other people; if you can't read them yourself, go back and do the survey
again!). Even if you do this, never throw away the original notes.</p>
<em>Checkboxes on an online wallet<br>(click to enlarge)</em>
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<p>Every plastic wallet has an online equivalent which is a folder on the server. This holds files which are scans or photographs of the original survey notes.
<p>In addition, every online wallet has a bundle of data which describes the collection of scans
(called '<ahref="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata">metadata</a>'). This metadata is where we keep online the tickmarks on the index sheet in the wallets binder (see above), the date of the survey trip and the names of who was on it.
