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< h2 id = "tophead" > CUCC Expedition Handbook - New Cave< / h2 >
< h1 > Creating a new cave in the online system< / h1 >
< h2 > Great, I have discovered a new cave...< / h2 >
< p > So, you have staggered off the plateau with a fist-full of notes and surveys,
and you want to let the world know of your massive discovery.
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< li > If you have not yet learned how to record your prospecting and survey
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your leads, read the
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< li > < a href = "../look4.htm" > prospecting introduction< / a > and
< li > < a href = "../survey/index.htm" > survey handbook< / a > which tells you how to record
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survey information in your waterproof notebook. But first you should read the
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< li > < a href = "/expofiles/presentations/cave_surveying_20130626.pdf" >
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Cave Surveying training course slidepack< / a > .
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This page outlines step 1 of the survey production process. Each step is documented separately.< br / >
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< a href = "newcave.html" > 1< / a >
- < a href = "newwallet.html" > 2< / a >
- < a href = "newsurvex.html" > 3< / a >
- < a href = "drawup.htm" > 4< / a >
- < a href = "newrig.html" > 5< / a >
- < a href = "caveentry.html" > 6< / a >
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- < a href = "ententry.html" > 7< / a >
- < a href = "cavedescription.html" > 8< / a >
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< h2 > Process< / h2 >
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< p > After 40 years or so, we have a well-defined process which you will need to learn.
Read < em > all< / em > this list first, then follow
the instructions section by section which tell you how to
actually do these things.
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< li > Write up your trip in the < a href = "../logbooks.html" > logbook< / a > including rigging sketches< br / > < br / >
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< li > Put notes in a new wallet
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< li > If it is a new cave, fill out a paper New Cave form
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< li > Scan the notes (see < a href = "newwallet.html#onlinew" > "new wallet"< / a > for the filenames to use and < a href = "newwallet.html#scan" > how to use the scanner< / a > )
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< li > Type in survey data (in the right place in the file system) in survex format.< br / >
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(This includes passage descriptions and open leads known as QMs: Question Marks).
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< li > Run survex to create a centre-line printout
< li > Transcribe your sketches onto centre-line paper
< li > Scan your centre-lined sketches
< li > Use tunnel to digitise your centre-line sketches
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< p > and either later or at the same time, you will be doing these other tasks
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< li > Upload your < a href = "../gpxupload.html" > GPS track< / a > to the cave and file photos of the entrance
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< li > Create a new folder in the file system for the wallet data
< li > Create a new folder in the file system for the survex data
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< li > Create a "new cave entry" for the guidebook description
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< li > Write the < b > full cave description< / b > into the correct html files. < br / >
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(This will mean copying the passage descriptions from the survex files.)
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< li > Update the index tick boxes on paper: as your wallet progresses through this process
< li > Update the online record of those tick boxes
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< li > Regenerate the < a href = "/expofiles/surveyscans/2018/" > list of outstanding survey tasks< / a > for everyone for the current year
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< p > This documentation assumes that you have recorded your survey data in
a waterproof paper notebook. If instead you are using a PDA to record the survey readings
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digitally for your first cave, don't. Use the paper process first, then when you are familiar
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the overall process, look at the < a href = "pdanotes.html" > PDA additional notes< / a > .
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< p > Now go the the next page in this sequence < a href = "newwallet.html" > Starting a new wallet"< / a > .
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