From: Garry Petrie (gp_at_europa.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 22:07:52 CET
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devinkouts_at_earthlink.net wrote:
> To get the ball rolling on this item from Andreas' Tasks / Todo list, I
> submit the following items (fields) for consideration.
I thank Devin for the list, but my email is wrapping the lines, making it difficult to
distinguish each item. Can you resend with "o" bullet items, or something to help, or
maybe send as an attached text file?
> Think of these as
> things that a Cave Survey specific XML representation should record.
> This is not intended to address Cave Maps. This is also not all
> inclusive and should be added to or subtracted from through thoughtful
> deliberation in this forum. None of these titles are sacred, they're
> merely the colloquial reference I use to get them on the table.
>
>
> Cave Survey - To serve as the Root element of a CaveXML document
> Data File Version - Identifies the release version of CaveXML the
> document is based upon. Also useful for identifying extensions to the
> CaveXML baseline.
> Cave Name - Name of the Cave described by this Cave Survey
> Comment - Free form commentary
> Survey - An actual survey series
> Survey Name - The name applied to this survey
> Survey Date - Date survey was conducted
> Survey Team - Team of persons conducting the survey
> Member - one of the persons on the survey team
> Name - the name of a member of the survey team
> Role - the role performed by a memeber of the survey team
> Declination - Magnetic declination for this survey
> Survey Quality - the impled quality of the survey
> Day - day the survey was conducted, part of survey date
> Month - month the survey was conducted, part of survey date
> Year - year the survey was conducted, part of survey date
> Instruments - the collection of instruments used to conduct the survey
> Compass - data about a compass used on the survey
> Clinometer - data about a clinometer used on the survey
> Tape - data about a tape used on the survey
> Accuracy - assessed accuracy of a given instrument or reading
> Correction - correction applied to an instrument or reading
> Serial Number - serial number of an item, e.g. cave or compass
> Owner - owner of an item, e.g. cave or compass
> Shot - an element of a survey, one leg or shot
> Processing - handling instructions for an item, e.g. correct, ignore,
> subtract, etc.
>>From - orienation of survey leg, necessary for determining Left, Right,
> Up, Down
> To - orienation of survey leg, necessary for determining Left, Right,
> Up, Down
> Length - measured distance between two points
> Forward Azimuth - 360 degree compass reading looking from the "From"
> station to the "To" station
> Reverse Azimuth - 360 degree compass reading looking from the "To"
> station to the "From" station
> Forward Inclincation - +/- 90 degree clinometer reading looking from the
> "From" station to the "To" station
> Reverse Inclination - +/- 90 degree clinometer reading looking from the
> "To" station to the "From" station
> Left - Distance to left wall, when looking forward in the direction of
> survey, at a given station
> Right - Distance to right wall, when looking forward in the direction of
> survey, at a given station
> Up - Distance to ceiling, when looking forward in the direction of
> survey, at a given station
> Down - Distance to floor, when looking forward in the direction of
> survey, at a given station
>>From Depth - Measured depth of the "From" station (in a survey leg)
> To Depth - Measured depth of the "To" station (in a survey leg)
> Equivalent Station Reference -
> Units - scale in which a measurement was read, recorded or calculated
> Degrees - one potential unit of measure
> Meters - metric measurement
> Feet inches - English measurement
> Decimal feet - English measurement in tenths of feet
> GeoLocation - geographic cooridnates of a given survey element, e.g.
> cave entrance, survey station, owners home, etc.
> Coordinate system - system the coordinate is given in, lat long, UTM,
> etc.
> Map Datum - datum the geographic coordinates are based upon, WGS84,
> NAD27, AGD84, etc.
> Country Code - derived from UIS standards
> Organization Code - derived from UIS standards
> Elevation - elevation of a given element in the survey, geographic
> location, survey station, etc.
> Geology - local geology conditions of a given element of the survey
> Header - data applied to the cave survey as a whole, but not
> appropriately recorded as part of an individual survey
>
>
> Have at it.
>
> DSK
> --
> Devin Kouts
> Caver
> Systems Engineer
> www.psc-cavers.org
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