We still (2023) use numbered alloy tags, but there is a move to replace this -with a properly-managed and accessible GPS system. However the accuracy and -difficulty of accessing the entrance locations online, on the plateau, mean that we are still -using tags. +with a properly-managed and accessible GPS system. However the ~5m practical accuracy of the GPS, the multitude of holes within 5m and + difficulty of accessing the entrance locations online on the plateau, mean that tags are still very useful; but we need photos of the tags showing exactly where they are around the pit.
From 1996, we have had to abandon the system (which we believed @@ -60,8 +59,7 @@ record of the surface location is also pretty essential.
There are also a number of caves tagged with numbers of the form "year-xx-nn" where xx are the -initials of the discoverer (eg 2002-AD-01). Although this discoverer naming -system has been vaguely deprecated, it does at least mean that there is no +initials of the discoverer (eg 2002-AD-01). This means that there is no duplication during an expo with many people prospecting at the same time.
Anything longer than 10m needs a number, a survey of appropriate -accuracy, and location information (bearings from +accuracy, location information (GPS or bearings from entrance to known points, entrance photos and description of route to entrance as a minimum - surface surveys are really required for caves within a reasonable distance of existing known points, a GPS fix is essential but insufficient on its own. +
In an area with many pits, a sketch is better than a photograph to distinguish the entrance from all the other holes.
If a cave is not readily apparent from the immediate area, bearings or a GPS fix will be inadequate to refind it, and a good sketch or photographs of the @@ -139,6 +138,7 @@ together with any other caves which we have information on, which we are permitted to publish.
We are always very pleased to receive any information on other caves in the area, to make the database more complete. It is in no-one's interest to reexplore known cave, or to intrude on someone else's ongoing @@ -146,14 +146,13 @@ project ! There is a limited amount of information in the database on caves not explored by CUCC, for which we are not permitted to make the data publicly available - none of this information has been checked in the field and is likely to be out of date, if not just plain wrong. The data are -included for completeness and should help CUCC during expeditions. We may be -able to make the data available (through password-protected access to those +included for completeness and should help CUCC during expeditions. We can make the data available (through password-protected access to those net pages) to other groups with a bona fide need.
The non-public data is available to logged-in users, using the 'Log in' menu item at the top-right of all the handbook pages and using our usual 'cavey:beery' password.