CaveCartography.com

 

 

Survey Training:

General Cave Survey hints  A general document - showing the basics of cave surveying

 

Cartography:

Creating maps for cavers (PDF) An older document, concentrating on hand map drafting. Good information but largely overshadowed by computer drafting now
Sketching for Beginners (powerpoint) A presentation from Pat Kambesis' Survey and cartography class. A basic introduction to keeping book and sketching in the cave
Cave Survey Blunders(powerpoint) Another Class presentation, detailing survey blunders and how to detect and correct
Intro to cave cartography (Powerpoint) A class presentation showing  the fundamentals of computer cartography
Introduction to the Components of Cartography (powerpoint) A presentation at the 2007 NSS Convention. A guide to the necessary components of a Cave map, based on how maps are judged at the NSS Cartography Salon
Pulling it Together (powerpoint)  A GCG Grotto Presentation. How to be a 'Project" cave leader - a guide to pulling all the various parts of survey and cartography together and produce a map
Illustrator Brushes (powerpoint)  A presentation at the 2008 NSS convention. This powerpoint shows the basics of creating and using Brushes in Illustrator

 

Open Data Theory

Open Cave Data (powerpoint)  A Presentation at the 2007 NSS Convention. Shares the theory of Open Data and the concepts on which this web site is built

 

GCG Cartography Class

Class 1 - Using Compass

Using Compass  First Class topic of the GCG Cartography Class - this powerpoint introduces Data reduction and Plotting, the softwares available, and then goes into detail on how to use Compass

Class 2 - Intro to Illustrator - Lines, Scans and Walls!

Illustrator Basics - Lines, Scan and Walls (powerpoint) Second Class Topic - Intro to Illustrator. How to import plots via cave illustrator plugin, how to scan and import sketches, and how to start drawing Walls
Survey class 2 data.zip Survey data and Survey scans
CaveIllustrator.aip Cave illustrator Plug in

Class 3 - Illustrator 2 - Symbols, Brushes, and Geology!

Basic Cartography 2 - Symbols, Brushes and Geology Third Class topic, continuing illustrator instruction for basic Cartography, concentrating on creating and using brushes

Class 4 - Illustrator 3 - Details

Basic Cartography 3 - Details  Forth Class Topic, concentrating on Floor detail: How to draw rocks, cobbles and other floor covering. Also looking at brush and tablet hints

            

Class 5 - Illustrator 4 - Cross Sections and Components

Basic Cartography 4 - Cross sections Fifth Class Topic describing how to add cross sections and other information to make the plan view of the map look correct

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