diff --git a/handbook/survey/ententryfields.html b/handbook/survey/ententryfields.html index bab21a76f..95506f3a8 100644 --- a/handbook/survey/ententryfields.html +++ b/handbook/survey/ententryfields.html @@ -34,60 +34,67 @@

List of New Entrance/Entrance_data fields

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non_public
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'False' or 'True'. True if the cave should only be visible to logged-in users. Caves - are normally public, so enter 'False' unless you know otherwise.
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letter
+
Nothing, if the cave has only one entrance, otherwise a lower case letter 'a', 'b', 'c' etc. for the different entrances.
+ +
entrance_description
the description of the entrance itself goes here (the description of the approach to the entrance is further down). HTML freeform field.
explorers
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Names or just 'CUCC 1978'. HTML freeform field.
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Names of the actual people or just e.g. 'EXPO 1978'. HTML freeform field.
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map_description
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Not very useful unless it is near a marked point on a map. HTML freeform field.
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location_description
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location
Context in the frame of other local features. HTML freeform field.
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underground_description
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the description of the entrance passage or pitch. HTML freeform field.
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last visit date/dt> +
ISO format date, e.g. 2025-07-25, the date that the last person looked at the entrance from the surface
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photo
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Put an <img> tag in here, as for the cave description. See how images are managed for caves, and do the same thing for this entrance. HTML freeform field.
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marking
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A dropdown: .Paint, Tag, etc.
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marking_comment
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A text field: what colour paint? Where was the aluminium tag place?? HTML freeform field.
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non_public
+
'False' or 'True'. True if the cave should only be visible to logged-in users. Caves + are normally public, so enter 'False' unless you know otherwise.
Findability
Dropdown: values are Coordinates, Lost, Refinable, and To Be Confirmed
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marking
+
A dropdown: Paint, Tag, Unmarked etc.
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approach
+
How to get to and to find the entrance
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underground_description
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the description of the entrance passage or pitch. HTML freeform field.
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photos
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Use the [image] button next to the field on the form to upload and insert images/photos into the form. It can be used on most of hte fields but we put them all here by convention. This will re-size the photo for putting into the cave description and create a thumbnail for inserting into the text.
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Findability description
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Normally empty, but place for anything else that should be noted, such as info on cave maybe being a duplicate, or lost. HTML freeform field.
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marking text
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A text field: what colour paint? Where was the aluminium tag place?? The actual text on an aluminium tag, e.g. "CUCC 1623 201" HTML freeform field.
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Altitude (metres)
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In old caves this will have been calculated in UTM coordinates. Enter your GPS value here (WGS84). Yes, altitudes are slightly different. This will be overwritten in due course by an altitude derived from the location and the lidar dataset.
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how to find it
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Historic. Seems to duplicate "Approach".
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latitude
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Decimal degrees of longitude in WGS84 datum. To be entered when entrance is first found so that someone can find it again. Will be overwritten in due course by proper survey data which will be enforced to be consistent with the UTM position.
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longitude
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Decimal degrees of longitude in WGS84 datum. To be entered when entrance is first found so that someone can find it again. This will be deleted here when a proper tag station or other station is created
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other comments
+
Notes about the process of uploading or editing the data
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tag_station
a survey station id. It has to be in a format similar to this: "1623.p204e" (for the 'e' entrance to cave 1623-204). This is where the aluminium ID tag is bolted at the entrance.
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other_station
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a survey station id. It has to be in a format similar to this: "1623.p204e" (for the 'e' entrance to cave 1623-204) [to be documented further - use Edit This Page!]
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a survey station id. It has to be in a format similar to this: "1623.p204e" (for the 'e' entrance to cave 1623-204). Typically used for the GPS survey station, which has a better view of the sky than the entrance tag.
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latitude
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Decimal degrees of longitude in WGS84 datum, e.g. 47.694779 (North is assumed).To be entered when entrance is first found so that someone can find it again. Will be overwritten in due course by proper survey data which will be enforced to be consistent with the UTM position.
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other_description
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Continuation of the description is in the 'underground_description' field if you have more to say.
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longitude
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Decimal degrees of longitude in WGS84 datum, e.g. 13.816002 (East is assumed). To be entered when entrance is first found so that someone can find it again. This will be deleted here when a proper tag station or other station is created
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Altitude (metres)
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In old caves this will have been calculated in UTM coordinates. Enter your GPS value here (WGS84). Yes, altitudes are slightly different. This will be overwritten in due course by an altitude derived from the location and the lidar dataset.
bearings
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For locating the entrance by bearings to well-known peaks - archaic.
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Obsolete: Read-only. For locating the entrance by bearings to well-known peaks - archaic.
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url
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Leave blank. The correct value is computed.
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identified login
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'Not editable. This is a visual indicator of whether you have logged in as a real person or logged in as e.g. 'expo'
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who_are_you
+
Your name: the name of the person editing this information, who may not be an explorer or even + have ever visited the cave. This is only used in the version control history of the edits (new in 2025). e.g. "Anathema Device <anathema@hut.expo>"

Alternative data entry using a file