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<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2>
<h1>Surveying</h1>
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Janet &amp; John document their cave</p>

<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%; font-style: italic">Mostly by Wookey and Andy Waddington (1999)</p>

<h3>Introduction</h3>
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<p>This part of the Expedition Handbook is about documentation - recording what
the expedition found for posterity and so future expeditions have something to
build upon. Mostly this means producing a good <b>survey</b> of each cave, but
it also includes writing <b>passage descriptions</b> and taking
<b>photographs</b>. Documenting old caves which are refound, and short new
caves is covered by the <a href="../look4.htm">Prospecting Guide</a>.   <b>This</b>
guide covers essentially everything that goes in the <b>Survey Book</b> on each
expedition.</p>

<p>Since 1998, this screed has been split up into digestible chunks. We hope you will
read all of it, but those who have been surveying before may want to skip the
introductory material, whilst others may not need to read all of the more
detailed topics.</p>

<p>You many find it easier to read and digest <a href="http://expo.survex.com/expofiles/presentations/cave_surveying_20130626.pdf">this Training Course slide-pack</a> before you do anything else as it has very helpful diagrams which are not in this expedition handbook yet.</li>

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	<li><b>For those new to surveying:</b>
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		<li><a href="why.htm">Why am I doing this ?</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>
        <li><a href="/expofiles/presentations/cave_surveying_20130626.pdf">Cave surveying workshop</a> - slides, June 2013</li>

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	<li><b>For those new to CUCC expo surveying:</b>
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        <li><a href="../look4.htm">Prospecting Guide</a> - why this plateau is hard 
        <li><a href="../logbooks.html">Expo logbooks</a> - how and why 
          <li><a href="newcave.html"><span style="color:red">Complete process</span> for recording cave data</a></li>
        <li><a href="/katast.htm">The Austrian Kataster areas</a></li>
		<li>Current Expo survey <a href="/wallets/year/2023">wallet status</a>.</li>
		<li>Current Expo survey data <a href="../computing/todo-data.html">TO-DO list</a>.</li>
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	<li><b>For those carrying out a survey:</b>
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		<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="../../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>A new cave: <a href="gps.htm">Getting a GPS fix</a></li>
		<li>Base Camp: <a href="newcave.html">getting it in</a> to the computer</li>
		<li><a href="qmentry.html">QMs (Question Marks)</a> in the svx file - possible ways on</li>
		<li>Base Camp: <a href="drawup.htm">drawing it up</a>, writing the description</li>
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		<li><a href="athome.htm">Back in the UK</a>: so you thought you'd finished?</li>
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	<li>More resources on surveying</li>
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    <li><a href="more.htm">Software tools we use</a> </li>
    
    <li><a href="https://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/Surveygrade.htm">Tarquin's guide to cave surveying</a> BCRA grades </li>
    <li><a href="https://www.cavinguk.co.uk/info/sexytopo.html">Tarquin's guide to SexyTopo</a> </li>
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	<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: 
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			<li>The <a href="lasers.htm">Loser plateau laser fixed points</a></li>
            <li>GPS for Surveying: <a href="coord.htm">Austrian Coordinate Systems</a> and how to convert between them</li>
            <li>GPS <a href="coord2.html">Coordinate Systems</a> .</li>
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