Lindsey, Thanks for volunteering! Besides me, we now have 3 volunteers to index Mexican cave maps:
Mark Minton will work on Oaxaca with me, Andy Grubbs will do Tabasco, and Lindsey Adamoski can have a state of her choice. Just contact me off-list at speodes...@gmail.com and tell me which state or area you are interested in. I can send you a more information about the states and their cave maps if you wish. I will set up an Excel spreadsheet for each person, sort of a starter kit with all the known cave maps for the state with the fields we are using. It may take me a week or so to get them all ready. But there's no rush in this. Many thanks, *William R. (Bill) Elliott* *speodes...@gmail.com <speodes...@gmail.com>* 573-291-5093 cell On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 8:00 PM Lindsey Adamoski <lindseyadamo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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