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
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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 |