Re: [Texascavers] Underground Mapping on the Fly

2019-03-14 Thread John Brooks
Yeah - I long for the day when my personal robot goes caving everyday while I am at work - so I can afford to buy the latest in robotic caving technology for my caving robot. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2019, at 10:07 PM, Logan wrote: > > Mark, dream of the day when that device is

Re: [Texascavers] Underground Mapping on the Fly

2019-03-12 Thread Logan
Mark, dream of the day when that device is perfected, miniaturized, and cheap enough for the "average" caver to buy (most cavers are above average, of course, and one of them may invent/perfect that device). Will there be a movement to resurvey caves? Just the "significant" ones, of

[Texascavers] Underground Mapping on the Fly

2019-03-12 Thread mminton
DARPA is interested in underground mapping in a manner that would be of interest to cavers. I've dreamed of the day we could just move through a cave with a device on our body or helmet that would record every move in 3D, sort of like LIDAR. When we get out, we could download the results and