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<h2 align=center>CUCC Expedition Handbook: Surveying<br>
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Base Camp: from muddy book to Survex plot</h2>
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<p>The original notes and sketches should be filed in a clearly marked
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envelope - don't take them caving again and don't leave them lying around to
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be "Gössered" !
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<p>The notes (all of them, including dates, personnel, calibration, LRUD,
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station details, etc.) should be copied onto a fresh page of the Survey Book
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while everyone's memory is still fresh (this helps if something is only
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marginally legible). This should be proof checked by someone else. Current
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survey books are divided into "Kaninchenhöhle" (usually referred to as
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"KH Survey book") and "surface stuff and other caves" (usually referred to as
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"notKH survey book"). There should be an index page at the front, which you
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should also fill in so that people can find your survey again.
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<p>The data should be typed into whichever computer is being used for the
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survey, again including all the notes, including station details and passage
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names (and make a backup copy to a floppy or another machine). It is
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<b>absolutely essential</b> that you also fill in details of which survey
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book the notes are in, with page numbers.
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<p><center><a href="../../piclinks/typing.htm">
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<img src="../../tinypix/typing.jpg" width=176 height=115></a></center>
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<p>Survex has its own documentation for the format of the data, though the
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template file and a look at someone else's data will quickly make this
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fairly clear. Survex has some very flexible data entry options, so there
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are a few extra guidelines to try to get some consistency in the way
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everyone uses it within this project.
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<ul>
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<li>It will be easiest if you start from one of the existing template files,
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as these have lines to remind you to add various details - make sure you
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don't leave any blanks! Copy this to where you want to put your data
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<u>before</u> editing it (with any luck, the template should be on CD-ROM, so
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you can't trash it :-).
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<li>Filenames: Because Survex is used on different sorts of computer, it is
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best to use filenames which won't get changed when the files are moved
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between systems. On a PC this means using xxxxxxxx.SVX, where "xxxxxxxx" is a
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name of letters, numbers and maybe the underscore character, with a maximum
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length of eight. On an Acorn machine, the equivalent filename is
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"xxxxxxxx/SVX", and should have a filetype of "Text". Note that this must be
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kept in an image filing system such as SparkFS (.ZIP), X-files or DOSFS
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(which is most logical) to avoid truncation. I know Windows lets you have
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long meaningful names, but these tend to get lost on DOS floppies, or when
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moved to other machines. For directories (=folders), use a maximum of eight
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characters with no extension.
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<li>Where to put your data: <b>If in doubt, ASK !</b> If it is a surface
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survey, it goes in the "Surface" directory. If it is a file of fixed points
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(like GPS fixes, or map coordinates), it goes in the "FixedPts" directory. If
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it is a new or minor cave on the plateau, it goes in "Plateau", if it is on
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the Vorderer Schwarzmooskogel above the Stellerweg system, or it is somewhere
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near 161 (but not connected to it), it goes in "VSKcaves". If it is downhill
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from Stellerweg (near the Stogerweg path), it goes in "Stoger". If it is
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underground survey which connects to the Stellerweg system, then it goes in
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"41.CUCC". There is a "41.Arge" folder for data we get from the Germans doing
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resurvey and new stuff in this cave, and a "78" folder which is for their
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Schwabenschacht stuff. "182" is for Puffball, and "161" is for the great mass
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of Kaninchenhöhle data.
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<p>The KH data is split into areas in directories "136" (all of 136 and the
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Forbidden Land), "Chile" (everything from the start of 1999), "France" (all
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the vertical France stuff, and flat France up to approx French Revolution),
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"LHR" (all the left hand routes, and Ambidextrous), "North" (everything from
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Carrefour north, including Siberia), "PHumour" (all Puerile Humour, Iceland
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etc.), "RHR" (all the right hand routes, and through Knossos to Carrefour),
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"Top" (just stuff near 161a entrance) and "Triassic" (Triassic Park and all
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its side leads except Puerile Humour). If you really aren't sure where your
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data should go, there is nothing to stop you using a "New" directory.
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<p>There is a <a href="svindx.htm">complete index</a> to all the existing
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surveys, which should enable you to find the data for any survey station,
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once you know its name. It's a fair bet that if your survey connects to a
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station in one directory, your survey data should go in that same directory.
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<li>What to call your survey: all your data should be inside a begin/end
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pair with a meaningful name. There is nothing to stop you nesting these,
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so you might use the name "mysurvey" and put two lots of data from different
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trips in as "mysurvey.pt1" and "mysurvey.pt2". There is no restriction on
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the length of these names, but as they can be displayed in Caverot, it helps
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not to have anything too elaborate. Older versions of Survex required each
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prefix to be unique in its first eight characters, and this is not a bad
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guideline to follow. These names are <b>not the same as the filename</b>
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you used, since one file may contain a number of related surveys.
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<li>Every station should have a number <u>within your survey</u> even if it
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is an existing station to which you have connected. Any survey stations
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which you think can reliably be found again should be listed at the start of
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your survey file. This includes the name (within your survey) of any
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existing points you linked into. I have used lines like<br>
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;*export mysurvey.pt1.0 ; 2nd bolt at head of new pitch<br>
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this may or may not catch on as a standard.
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<p>At this stage, you have done enough to get a centre line for drawing up.
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If you aren't completely confident about the structure of the Austria
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data, it may be best not to try to link your survey to everything else
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so skip the next bit and read on <a href="#concrete">from here</a>.
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<p>However, if you need to see your survey in relation to the rest of the
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cave:
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<li>Don't put any *equate directives to other surveys into your file (or
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any survey legs which quote station names from other survey files).
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Instead, go to the file which *includes the other files in the same area.
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For example, if you have created a file Trivial.svx in the PHumour
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directory, go to the file AllPH/svx, where you will find *include lines
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for each of the files, together with the *equate lines to connect them
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together. Add an include for your file, and *equate lines for each of
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your survey stations which is the same as one in another survey. If
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your survey connects to points in surveys in files in more than one
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directory then the *equates should go in the All161/svx file, but at
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this stage it is probably worth enlisting the help of someone who knows
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the structure of the data inside-out !
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<li>Make a note in the history file of the changes you made to the
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controlling file (in this case AllPH/svx), and the fact that you added
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a new file.
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<li>You should now find that if you run Survex on one of the master files
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(Just161.svx, JustSurf.svx, AllCaves.svx, etc.) which includes the area of
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your new survey, it is linked in and will show up when you use the resultant
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.3d file in CaveRot. Using Just161.svx should give info on how long and how
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deep the cave is now.
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<p><a name="concrete">To make that</a> all a bit more concrete, here is a
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fictitious example of a survey off Triassic Park. Lets say that you went to
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explore a lead from the QM list numbered 98-23, that the nearest survey
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station was listed as Triassic.pt2.45 and you found it successfully. You
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surveyed back from a bolt at the end of your new passage where exploration
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has stopped for the time being, and it took 37 survey legs to get back to
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Triassic Park:
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; > Triassic.Wibble : Wibbled by Gösser off Triassic Park
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*begin Wibble
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; Locn: Loser Plateau, Austria, Kataster Gruppe 1623
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; Cave: Kaninchenhohle, 1623/161
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; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ======
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;*export pt1.37 ; CM in Triassic Park II on L wall just past way to Wibble
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; ====== links between surveys making up the Wibble survey: ======
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*equate pt1.0 pt2.23
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*begin pt1
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; Cave: Kaninchenhohle, 1623/161
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; Survey Name: Wibbled by Gösser - passage from QM 98-23
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; Date: 2000.08.03
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; By: Inst: M I Opic
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; Notes: D S Lexic
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; Pics: DSL
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; Tape: Both
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; Instruments: Compass # 873542, Clino # 923473, 30m fibron tape
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; Calibration: at 161d
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; A->B 214, -09
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; B->A 035, +08
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; ref.: 2000 KH survey book pp 21-26
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; ====== stations refindable to link to other surveys: ======
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;*export 0 ; 2nd bolt at head of new pitch
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;*export 37 ; CM in Triassic Park II on L wall just past way to Wibble
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; Tape was 20cm too short (snapped on first pitch on way down)-:
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*calibrate tape +0.20
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*calibrate clino -0.5
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;From to Tape Compass Clino
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0 1 16.35 007 -32
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2 1 4.22 195 +03 ; legs from 1 to 13 are in Zipfer Rift
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; etc.
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36 37 3.12 037 -47
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;station details
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;name L R U D E details
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;0 0 1.1 3.2 pitch ? 2nd bolt
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;1 1.2 0.3 4.1 0.6 thread: start traverse line
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; etc.
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;36 0.2 0.2 1.0 2.5 in squeeze - widest point
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;37 1.4 0.8 6.2 1.3 existing station in TP2
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*end pt1
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*begin pt2
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; etc. for part two survey
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*end pt2
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*end Wibble
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<p>That lot would be typed by copying template/161.svx to
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161/triassic/wibble.svx and then filling in the blanks and adding your data.
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If you are linking to the rest of the survey then in the file
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161/triassic/alltri.svx add the lines:
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<pre>
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; 2000 surveys:
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*equate Wibble.pt1.37 Triassic.pt2.45
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*include Wibble
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</pre>
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<p>If you are entering a surface survey, copy from template/surf.svx and
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for underground survey other than Kaninchenhöhle, use template/ug.svx
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Remember not to put surface data and underground data in the same file,
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even if they are part of one continuous survey. You need to create two
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files, with a defined station for the entrance, and a suitable equate in
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the file which includes both surface stuff and underground stuff.
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<p>Once you have your data typed in and checked, it must be run through the
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survey software (which on expo will be
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<a href="http://www.survex.com/">Survex</a>) and a
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centre line printed, both for plan and for extended elevation. Measure the
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print out to check that it really has printed at the scale you wanted
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(typically 1:500), as this has sometimes caused problems in the past.
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<p>Now see the "<a href="drawup.htm">Drawing it up</a>" page.
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<b>Expedition Handbook</b>:<br>
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<b>Surveying</b>:<br>
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<a href="index.htm">Back to overview</a> and index of topics<br>
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<a href="what.htm">What is a cave survey ?</a><br>
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<a href="why.htm">Why am I doing this ?</a><br>
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Methods: <a href="how.htm">underground</a><br>
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Pitfalls to avoid, <a href="hints.htm">hints'n'tips</a>
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to make life easier<br>
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Methods: <a href="ontop.htm">surface</a><br>
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Getting a <a href="gps.htm">GPS fix</a><br>
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Base Camp: <a href="drawup.htm">drawing it up</a>,
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writing the description<br>
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Back <a href="athome.htm">in the UK</a><br>
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Expo Handbook <a href="../index.htm">Introduction</a><br>
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