<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <title>CUCC Expedition Handbook: Surveying</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" /> </head> <body> <h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2> <h1>Surveying</h1> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 140%"> Janet & John document their cave - 1999 revision</p> <p style="text-align: center; font-size: 120%; font-style: italic">Mostly by Wookey and Andy Waddington</p> <h3>Introduction</h3> <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>. Taking photographs may one day be covered by a better expedition <a href="../photo.htm">Photography Guide</a> than the current effort. <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> <ul> <li><b>For those new to surveying:</b> <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> </ul></li> <li><b>For those carrying out a survey:</b> <ul> <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>Methods: <a href="ontop.htm">surface</a> <ul> <li>The <a href="lasers.htm">laser points</a></li> </ul></li> <li>A new cave: <a href="gps.htm">Getting a GPS fix</a></li> <li>GPS for Surveying: <a href="coord.htm">Coordinate Systems</a> and how to convert between them</li> <li>Base Camp: <a href="getin.htm">getting it in</a> to the computer</li> <li>Base Camp: <a href="drawup.htm">drawing it up</a>, writing the description</li> <!-- need to add blurb on QM quality etc. --> <li><a href="athome.htm">Back in the UK</a>: so you thought you'd finished?</li> <!-- do we cover the full QM list here ? --> </ul></li> <li><a href="more.htm">More resources</a> on surveying</li> </ul> <hr /> <ul id="links"> <li><a href="../index.htm">Expedition Handbook</a> <ul> <li>Surveying guide</li> <li><a href="../look4.htm">Prospecting guide</a> – Overview</li> <li><a href="../rescue.htm">Rescue guide</a></li> <li><a href="../rigit.htm">Rigging guide</a></li> <li><a href="../photo.htm">Photography guide</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="../../infodx.htm">Index to info/topics pages</a></li> <li><a href="../../indxal.htm">Full Index to area 1623</a> <ul> <li><a href="../../areas.htm">Area/subarea descriptions</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="../../index.htm">Back to Expedition Intro page</a></li> <li><a href="../../../index.htm">Back to CUCC Home page</a></li> </ul> </body> </html>