New Project Aims to Capture Son Doong in 360°
A new project, funded by National Geographic Magazine, will attempt to capture 360-degree images of Hang Son Doong, the world’s largest cave.
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Compass Update Enables PocketTopo Import
February 17, 2015A Valentine’s Day update to Compass, the popular cave survey software, allows users to import PocketTopo files and convert them to Compass data format.
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ESA Tests Experimental Underground Technology Infrastructure
February 4, 2015 / EuropeIn an experiment, the European Space Agency’s CAVE program recently tried equipping their cavenauts with a state-of-the art portable, low-power, rugged wi-fi tablet-based infrastructure.
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Google Earth Pro Now Available for Free
February 2, 2015Google Earth Pro, the premium version of Google’s popular Google Earth software, has just dropped its $400/year subscription fee.
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Watch: Cavers Test Thermal Imaging Infrared Camera For Finding Caves
With a notion they might be able to find new undiscovered caves, a group of Irish cavers recently attempted to attach a thermal imaging infrared camera to a drone.
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New Compass Version Updates Magnetic Declination Models
January 13, 2015A recent update to Compass, the popular cave survey software, extends the magnetic declination models, the angle between true and magnetic north, to 2020.
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New Compass Update Adds Quad Map Exporting
February 4, 2014A recent update to Compass, the popular cave survey software, introduces the ability to save the plot data from each section of a quad map. The feature, which allows quads …
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Therion Releases Bug Fixes: Version 5.3.13
January 23, 2014Version 5.3.13 of Therion, the popular open source cave survey processing software has just been released. This bug fix release comes one month to the day after the previous version …
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New DistoX2 Upgrade Kits Are Now Available
December 28, 2013The long awaited DistoX2, electronic cave surveying tool, is finally available. An upgrade for the Leica Disto X310 (known as the E7400x in North America), the kit adds a 3-axis …
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Therion Releases New Version: 5.3.12
December 24, 2013Just in time for Christmas, a new version of Therion, the popular open source cave survey processing software, has been released. Version 5.3.12 adds support to enable/disable spay-shots in VRML …
