CUCC Expedition Handbook

Entrance entry page fields

There are a lot of fields on the 'new/edit cave' page and the 'new/edit entrance' page and some of them are a quite mysterious. This page explains what they mean. The same fields appear in each cave_data/ xml file.

Instructions on how to enter the data for new caves and entrances, and especially how to add images/surveys so that they appear properly, is to be found on the sequence of pages starting here.

There are template files for you to fill-in when creating new caves and entrance in the online system. Download them:

These are actually XML files, not HTML files, using special tags which are used by the online system to create the webpages in combination with numerical survey data. Instructions are within each file.

Only one field is essential for Entrances

There are only two essential fields which must be there before the Submit button will work:

marking e.g. Tag or Paint

See below for explanations.

List of New Entrance/Entrance_data fields

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.

entrance_description

the description of the entrance itself goes here (the appraoch is further down). HTML freeform field.

explorers: Names or just 'CUCC 1978'. HTML freeform field.

map_description

Not very useful unless it is near a marked point on a map. HTML freeform field.

location_description

Context in the frame of other local features. HTML freeform field.

undegtround_description

the description of the entrance passage or pitch. HTML freeform field.

entrance_description

the description of the entrance itself goes here (the appraoch is further down). HTML freeform field.

Photo: Put an tag in here, as for the cave description. HTML freeform field.

marking: A dropdown: .Paint, Tag, etc.

marking_comment: A text field: where is the tag? HTML freeform field.

Findability: Dropdown: values are Coordinates, Lost, Refinable, and To Be Confirmed

Findability description: 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.

Altitude (metres): In old caves this will have been calculated in UTM coordinates. Enter your GPS value here (WGS84). Yes, altitudes are slightly different!

Northing: calculated position in UTM

Easting: calculated position in UTM

latitude: Decimal degrees of longitude in WGS84 datum. To be entered when entrance is first found.

Longitiude: Decimal degrees of longitude in WGS84 datum. To be entered when entrance is first found.

tag_station: a survey station id [to be documented further - use Edit This Page!]

exactr_station: a survey station id [to be documented further - use Edit This Page!]

other_station: a survey station id [to be documented further - use Edit This Page!]

other_description: [undocumented?] Filename?: the name of top-level description file for this cave, when a separate file is used. Used instead of above entrance_description field for large caves with complex descriptions. Blank if the description is in the 'underground_description' field.

bearings: For locating the entrance by bearings to well-known peaks - archaic.

url: Usually blank

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