Compass is a cave mapping software package designed to edit, process. A graphical editor was implemented in the app to make the drawing and editing of complex cave walls simple. The main objective of this work is to create a userfriendly software that uses as few measurements as possible to create 2d and 3d maps of the cave. The station measurement file is compatible with walls cave mapping software. Therion is considered by many to be the most complete software of cave. Wincaps can be used for caves with up to 100 stations before registration is required and is compatible with cave maps created by caps. Tape is held on station and instrument person reads. Navionics electronic navigation charts of marine areas, lakes, and rivers provide boaters around the world with detailed cartography, hd bathymetry, and advanced features for use.
On station is a cave mapping program which was written from the ground up as a 32 bit windows 95 or windows nt. Winkarsts help file is available in pdf format for easy printing or online. Cave exploration is a wonderful and exciting experience. Cavers are one of the few underfunded groups of people who. See more ideas about fantasy map, dungeon maps and map. A paperless cave mapping application based on a leica laser distance meter. The basic stages of mapping a cave are collecting the data, managing it and drafting the map dasher, 1994. Cavewhere utilizes a sophisticated rendering algorithm that divides the 3d. Modern survey tools including electronic laser rangefinders. The programs in the system allow you to enter cave data. Cavewhere is a cave mapping software that can create paper maps. Classical methods and devices in cave mapping a typical cave survey is divided into.
Cave survey using tape disto and instruments original version by david ochel and bev shade. If youre not a fan of writing in a cave, you can use incave software as well. This page is for free distribution of on station cave survey software. Underground, where this is no gps and certainly no wifi, mapping caves requires a different kind of technical ingenuity. An intuitive cave mapping and 3d visualization solution. Scientist builds his own lidar for cavescanning spar 3d. In dark environments caves, the person at the target point will typically put a station light on the station. The new version of the tool puts both the surveylist and the stationlist on the same. It will also work fine with other programs such as illustrator.
Carpet your scraps by drawing a polygon and clicking survey stations. Wallsmap is a tool for managing geographical data inventories, where text, images, and links to information are associated. Abris is a cave surveying app aimed to make process of surveying faster and easier. Compass is a cave mapping software package designed to edit, process, analyze and view cave survey data using any windowsbased computer. Lastly, the graphical display of the cave is done using opengl. Walls cave survey program texas speleological survey. A cave survey is a map of all or part of a cave system, which may be produced to meet differing standards of accuracy depending on the cave conditions and equipment available underground. The lines connecting the points to a station or measuring device are also optionally exported. Cavewhere is a cave survey software with an intuitive design that enables building and. Walls cave survey program texas speleological survey tss. In the early 1960s, the mss set the national standard for cave mapping symbolsa cross between surveyors marks, and geologic notation. With cavewhere surveybook data entry, quickly enter your cave survey or import it from other cave survey software such as. Therion is a complete package which processes survey data and generates maps or 3d models of caves. You start from an existing survey station and enter as many spray shots as.
Mapping of new cave entrances with trimble juno and terrasync software. A registered station is a station from the survey shown on the sketch. Many can be deployed, yet a survey is a success if information is retrieved from only one sensor. The vrml export function was modified to output point clouds defining cave passage walls. This site is dedicated to the preservation of cave maps and survey data, as well as to the training of cave cartographers. Introduction to cave mapping april 23, 2019 jason lachniet walker mountain grotto. A detailed inventory of cave formations, wet areas, geological and biological features are recorded in a separate book. Cavewhere is a cave mapping software with an intuitive design that enables building and visualizing underground cave maps. Another great resource is a guide to cave mapping, by john ganter. Compass cartography tools software tools cave survey. Paper maps can be created at any size and any resolution. As an owner marketing subscriber, youll receive exclusive email benefits from your automotive dealership. All of the features found near a particular station are listed next to the station name in. It is designed to be portable and can be run on a variety of platforms, including linuxunix, macos, and.
Their low cost also makes them relatively expendable. Scanned cave sketches can be stitched to the line plot of the cave through registered stations. Cave mapping software creates 3d caves with photos, text and exploring game. Survex is crossplatform running under linux, unix, mac os x, microsoft windows. The following are some excellent references on cave surveying and are available. Because inkscape is free and works well for cave mapping, i have developed the exporter to be compatible with inkscape. A guide to the necessary components of a cave map, based on how maps are judged at the nss cartography salon. The station measurement file is compatible with walls cave mapping software and the lidar scan file can be quickly processed into a standard point cloud with customwritten software. Survex is a software suite to process, view, and print cave survey data. Tales of exploration are perfect for telling around a fire or for writing in books. Cave mapping can be a real pain, as anyone who has tried it can tell you, but a beautiful finished map is very often worth the time and energy poured out for it. Thanks to its intuitive interface, ariane allows you to quickly enter your data and. The route from station to station coupled with splay measurements allow software called compass cave to construct a 3d model of the cave and draw a cave map on the horizontal plane and a profile.
Simuawips has been re architected following a server crash in the spring of 2015. Compass cave survey and mapping software home page. Mapping of new cave entrances with trimble juno and. The route from station to station coupled with splay measurements allow software called compass cave to construct a 3d model of the cave and draw a cave map on the horizontal plane. Pointers to other cave mapping software bei swisscavediving. During the development period for winkarst2010 the older 12. Integrating cave maps into a gis is often the ultimate goal in an evolving a cave and karst information system ckis. This new architecture, built on amazon web services, has allowed a major increase in product generation capacity and. Survex is a free softwareopen source software package for mapping caves, licensed under the gpl. The current release of the program is freeware as it is in readonly mode with respect to the cave survey data. The image to the right shows a section of the cave map before a 30degree correction is made at station. There is no way for dgpss to work inside a cave and use of geodetic station is limited. Data processingsoftware the software can be divided into two parts.
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