Hi Bill, I would be happy to help.
Sincerely, Lindsey Adamoski (Bexar Grotto) On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 2:16 PM William R. Elliott <speodes...@gmail.com> wrote: > The AMCS (Association for Mexican Cave Studies) is based at the Texas > Speleology Center (TSC) near Driftwood, Texas (SW of Austin), but we have > contributors all over. We are starting some new initiatives this year and > could use some volunteer help. See the AMCS website at > http://www.mexicancaves.org/ > > > > I am asking for volunteers to help me index (database) existing cave maps. > Bill Mixon and Katy Arens did a great job of posting over 4000 published > cave maps on the AMCS website. They are arranged by state, but until now > one could not search for cavers’ names or cave areas. These maps are from > many different publications, not just AMCS. > > > > I have indexed 851 cave maps in the online collection for San Luis Potosí > and Tamaulipas. A test example of the html index is on my website at > http://cavelife.info/ You can access this file directly at > http://cavelife.info/maps03.htm > > > > The good thing about an html table is that you can search for anything in > the whole table regardless of which column it’s in, or whether it’s English > or Spanish. For example, using a control-f to search, you can type “sotano” > and find Sótano, sótano, or sotano. If you want to find “Cañon” just type > canon. It is usually best to search for a caver’s last name only, as they > often have nicknames. You can find all the caves that someone mapped in > that state. Clicking on the Map Link takes you directly to the pdf map on > the AMCS website. > > > > Chihuahua and Durango also are done, giving us a total of 928 indexed > maps. Only 3137 maps to go! Plus new ones in recent publications. This is a > big job, but interesting because you get to learn about the history of cave > exploration in an area as you type the cavers’ names, dates, cave areas, > municipios, and year from each map. > > > > If you can volunteer at least 8 hours to this project, all you need is a > computer with a fairly large monitor, a web browser, a spreadsheet program > like Excel or LibreOffice Calc (free), and typing skill. Please contact me > and I’ll send you a written procedure with a spreadsheet set up for a > chosen state. We’d really like you to do an entire state. I’m now working > on Oaxaca with 551 cave maps. > > > > Help!! > > *William R. (Bill) Elliott* > > *speodes...@gmail.com <speodes...@gmail.com>* > > 573-291-5093 cell > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >
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