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Survey and Cartography Section
of the National Speleological Society
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
2024 NSS Convention
July 1-5 in Sewanee, Tennessee
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This is a call for presentations for the Survey and Cartography session
at the 2024 NSS Convention. The session provides a good way to tell
other cave mappers what you are doing, and to discuss problems related
to mapping and cave surveying. Most cave surveyors have either
developed useful techniques that may benefit others, or are
encountering problems that someone else may have solved. In either case
a session presentation would be appropriate.
The session is informal and the audience is friendly. There are no
requirements to provide fancy visual aids or to provide a written paper
(other than an abstract to include in the Convention’s Program). Most
presentations are scheduled for 15-20 minutes, but this is very
flexible and can be changed to accommodate the presenter.
The session will probably be on Friday afternoon, July 5.
Presentations can be on any topic related to any aspect of cave
mapping, and the material can be for folks with any level of mapping
experience. A partial list of potential presentation topics
includes:
• How to keep cave mud off your survey instruments (while still going into the cave)
• Tips on the care and calibration of electronic survey instruments
• How to resolve blunders without another trip to the cave
• Large project management (personnel, survey standards, data processing, etc.)
• New tools, toys, or software to aid in mapping or cartography
• Representing complex vertical caves on a 2-dimensional map
• Demonstrations of techniques for improving efficiency when drafting maps on a computer
• Comparison of various programs for survey processing, map drawing, and data visualization
• Integrating cave survey data with surface and GIS data
The above list is obviously incomplete. If you are doing something that
you think would be of interest to other cave surveyors, please consider
doing a presentation on it. We are also open to suggestions for topics
for an “open discussion” to solicit input from the session attendees.
If you have experience using a BRIC survey instrument please consider doing a presentation on its merits and drawbacks.
The session will be chaired by Carol Vesely. Abstracts can be e-mailed to her at cavesely@gmail.com
or mailed to her at 328 Highland Pl, Monrovia CA 91016. Your abstract
must be limited to 250 words. Please make it a summary of your
conclusions and results, not simply a statement of what you are going
to talk about. Also, let Carol how much time you will need for your
presentation and whether you need any special equipment.
The deadline for receiving abstracts is April 15, 2024
For questions about the session please contact Carol Vesely at cavesely@gmail.com.
For information about the Cartographic Salon go to caves.org/committee/salons/Cartographic.shtml
Check the convention’s web site, https://caves.org/convention/2024-nss-convention/, for more information about the convention.
Last
updated or validated on March 22, 2024