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Here is a collection of sites that maybe useful, sort of grouped
Record Sites
BDCC Google Map of Mendip Caves
CaveMaps - Surveys of the 'Yorkshire' caving area
DCUC registry - off line (July 2013)
Software
Auriga - Underground centreline and drawing software for palm
Compass - Centreline plotting
Cave Converter - Application that converts data between various software formats (Java, with open source code)
PocketTopo - Underground centreline plotting and sketching on Windows Mobile PDAs
RosettaStal - Cave survey data file format converter program (C++ source, Windows binary)
Survex - Centreline plotting and viewing program
Terrain Tool - Produces surface for Survex and Therion
Therion - Centreline, map and 3D model production and viewing
TopParser - Converts top files from PocketTopo to Therion, producing all the files needed
Tunnel - Map drawing program for use on Survex data
Walls - Tools for Cave Survey Data Management
WinKarst - Cave Mapping Software for Windows
Surveying
Cave Surveying and Mapping - An Introduction to Caves and Caving
Other
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I have created a spreadsheet for converting Cartesian (X,Y,Z) coordinate data for survey points into polar format survey legs (length, bearing, clino).
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This article – by Mark Dougherty – was printed in Cave and Karst Science (vol. 33, no.2, pp 51-54). A summary is presented here.
Read more: The effect of binocular vision disorders on cave surveying accuracy
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NOTE: A much improved version of this training tutorial is in the process of being written, and a fairly advanced draft is now available from wscc.darkgem.com/footleg/therion/
A guide to the content of the cave surveying course run by the Cave Surveying Group in Yorkshire, November 2011
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Phillip Häuselmann and the UISIC have prepared a paper presenting the whys and hows of good surveying practice. It was published in Issue 10/11 of Speleology, cover dated August/December 2007.