An update to Footleg’s Cave Converter tool, a free software program for converting between various cave survey file formats, has just been released. Only ten days since the last release, … Read More
Compass, the popular cave survey software, has just released an update that adds automatic backsight validation to its Survey Editor. As new survey data is entered into the editor, all … Read More
A radio test conducted during the recent NSS Volunteer weekend at Mammoth Cave National Park has extended the range of UHF communications to nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) underground. On … Read More
A new version of Footleg’s Cave Converter tool, a free software program for converting between various cave survey file formats, has just been released. Built primarily to allow users of … Read More
A video testing whether an infrared camera can detect cave entrances and blowholes has recently been uploaded to YouTube. The footage, shot by Gregory S. Springer, shows various cave and … Read More
I couldn’t wait to try Dave Jackson’s patent-pending CaveSim at the 2012 NSS Convention. I, along with everyone I know who crawled through it, thought it was truly innovative idea … Read More
The other day Walls, the popular cave survey data management tool, saw its first update in almost two years. Walls Version 2, B8 Release, Build 2013-01-29 includes several tweaks, but … Read More
Footleg’s Cave Converter tool, a free software program for converting between various cave survey file formats, has just been upgraded to a new version. This new version, 20121231, includes a … Read More
Therion, the popular open source cave survey processing software has just reached version 5.3.11. In addition to a number of other changes and bug fixes, this release adds an option … Read More
Researchers at MIT have developed a wearable sensor that automatically creates a digital map on the fly as the user moves through an area. The system makes use of a … Read More
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