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If this is all new to you, please now read If this is all new to you, please now read
<a href="survey/why.htm"><strong>Why we make surveys</strong></a> <a href="survey/why.htm"><strong>Why we make surveys</strong></a>
and and
<a href="datamgt.html">Cave data management</a>, <a href="survey/datamgt.html">Cave data management</a>,
and then the and then the
<a href="survey/index.htm">Survey Handbook</a> <a href="survey/index.htm">Survey Handbook</a>

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expedition) of cave exploration often involves collection of personal information ranging from expedition) of cave exploration often involves collection of personal information ranging from
dates available to medical information to the desire to purchase an expedition t-shirt. dates available to medical information to the desire to purchase an expedition t-shirt.
<p> <p>
<img class="onleft" src ="i/qm-image.jpg" /> <img class="onright" src ="../i/qm-image.jpg" />
If an expedition will only happen once, low-tech methods are usually adequate to record If an expedition will only happen once, low-tech methods are usually adequate to record
information. Any events that need to be recorded can go in a logbook. Survey notes must be information. Any events that need to be recorded can go in a logbook. Survey notes must be
turned into finished cave sketches, without undue concern for the future expansion of those sketches. turned into finished cave sketches, without undue concern for the future expansion of those sketches.
<h2>Recurring expeditions</h2>
<p> <p>
However, many caving expeditions are recurring, and managing their data is a more challenging However, many caving expeditions are recurring, and managing their data is a more challenging
task. For example, let us discuss annual expeditions. Every year, for each cave explored, a list task. For example, let us discuss annual expeditions.
of unfinished leads (which will be called "Question Marks" or "QMs" here) must be maintained to
record what has and has not been investigated. Each QM must have a unique id, and information <ul>
stored about it must be easily accessible to future explorers of the same area. Similarly, on <li>Every year, for each cave explored, a list
the surface, a "prospecting map" showing which entrances have been investigated needs to be of <a href="/cave/qms/1623-290">unfinished underground leads</a> (which we call "<a href="qmentry.html">Question Marks</a>" or "QMs") must be maintained to
produced and updated at least after every expedition, if not more frequently. record what has and has not been investigated. Each QM must have a unique id, and information
stored about it must be easily accessible to future explorers of the same area.
<li>Similarly, on
the surface, a "<a href="../essentials.html">prospecting map</a>" showing which entrances have been investigated needs to be
produced and updated at least after every expedition, if not more frequently. We call this "essentials.gpx" because it stops people getting lost.
</ul>
<p>When we have hundreds of explored shafts, and thousands of potential holes on the plateau, it is absolutely essential that we record holes we have already looked at.
<p>
These are only the minimum requirements for systematic cave exploration on an annual expedition.
There is no limit to the set of data that would be "nice" to have collected and organized
centrally. An expedition might collect descriptions of every cave and every passage within every
cave. Digital photos of cave entrances could be useful for re-finding those entrances. Scans of
notes and sketches provide good backup references in case a question arises about a finished
survey product, and recording who did which survey work when can greatly assist the workflow,
for example enabling the production of a list of unfinished work for each expedition member. The
expedition might keep an inventory of their equipment or a catalog of their library. Entering
the realm of the frivolous, an expedition might store mugshots and biographies of its members,
or even useful recipes for locally available food. The more of this information the expedition
wishes to keep, the more valuable an effective and user-friendly system of data management.
</div> </div>
<p><em>From "<a href="/expofiles/documents/troggle/troggle_paper.pdf" download>Troggle: <p><em>From "<a href="/expofiles/documents/troggle/troggle_paper.pdf" download>Troggle:

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<ul> <ul>
<li><b>For those new to surveying:</b> <li><b>For those new to surveying:</b>
<ul> <ul>
<li><a href="what.htm">What is a cave survey ?</a></li>
<li><a href="why.htm">Why am I doing this ?</a></li> <li><a href="why.htm">Why am I doing this ?</a></li>
<li><a href="../datamgt.html">What is cave data management ?</a></li> <li><a href="what.htm">What is a cave survey ?</a></li>
<li><a href="datamgt.html">What is cave data management ?</a></li>
</ul> </ul>
</li> </li>
<li><b>For those new to CUCC expo surveying:</b> <li><b>For those new to CUCC expo surveying:</b>
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<ul> <ul>
<li>Methods: <a href="how.htm">underground</a></li> <li>Methods: <a href="how.htm">underground</a></li>
<li>Pitfalls to avoid, <a href="hints.htm">hints'n'tips</a> to make life easier</li> <li>Pitfalls to avoid, <a href="hints.htm">hints'n'tips</a> to make life easier</li>
<li>Pitfalls to avoid, <a href="../../years/1990/svy1.htm">compass calibration</a> - if clino &gt; 15&#176; then it is wrong.
<li>Methods: <a href="ontop.htm">surface</a> <li>Methods: <a href="ontop.htm">surface</a>
<li>A new cave: <a href="gps.htm">Getting a GPS fix</a></li> <li>A new cave: <a href="gps.htm">Getting a GPS fix</a></li>
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<li><a href="more.htm">More resources</a> on surveying</li> <li><a href="more.htm">More resources</a> on surveying</li>
<li>History of <a href="../website-history.html">CUCC cave data archiving</a>.</li> <li>History of <a href="../website-history.html">CUCC cave data archiving</a>.</li>
<li>Survey production<a href="../../years/1990/svy2.htm"> in 1990</a></li>
<li>More obscure methods: <li>More obscure methods:
<ul> <ul>
<li>The <a href="lasers.htm">Loser plateau laser fixed points</a></li> <li>The <a href="lasers.htm">Loser plateau laser fixed points</a></li>

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<p> <p>
This document describes how to include Question Marks (QMs) and cave descriptions in .svx files. This document describes how to include Question Marks (QMs) and cave descriptions in .svx files.
<p>This is the current list of <a href="/cave/qms/1623-290">QMs for 1623-290</a>.
<p>There <p>There
are dedicated fields in the template.svx file for this purpose, but there has been laxness recently on filling them in. are dedicated fields in the template.svx file for this purpose, but there has been laxness recently on filling them in.
It seems to be an unknown resource among too many expo-goers despite the manifold benefits. It seems to be an unknown resource among too many expo-goers despite the manifold benefits.

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
<html> <html>
<head> <head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf8" />
<title>1990: Cambridge Underground report</title> <title>1990: Cambridge Underground report</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" />
</head> </head>
<body>
<center><font size=-1>CTS 91.1327/e: Cambridge Underground 1991 pp 24-27</font>
<h2>Surveying Report Part I - Calibration</h2>
<p><b>Wookey</b></center> <body>
<h2 id="tophead">Cambridge Underground - CUCC Journal</h2>
<h1>Survey Production in 1990</h1>
<h2>Surveying Report Part I - Calibration</h2>
<font size=-1>CTS 91.1327/e: Cambridge Underground 1991 pp 24-27</font>
<p align=right>Wookey
<p>The standard of CUCC surveying continues to improve as interest in the <p>The standard of CUCC surveying continues to improve as interest in the
subject increases. This year we introduced instrument calibration and on-site subject increases. This year we introduced instrument calibration and on-site

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN">
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<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" />
</head> </head>
<body> <body>
<center><font size=-1>CTS 91.1327/f: Cambridge Underground 1991 pp 28-31</font> <h2 id="tophead">Cambridge Underground - CUCC Journal</h2>
<h1>Survey Production in 1990</h1>
<h2>Surveying Report Part II - Survey production</h2></center> <h2>Surveying Report Part II - Survey production</h2></center>
<font size=-1>CTS 91.1327/f: Cambridge Underground 1991 pp 28-31</font>
<p align=right>Wookey <p align=right>Wookey