Cave Symbols: The Official UIS List
UIS working group on cave survey and mapping
This working group results of the "International Meetings on Subterrainean Topography" that began to verify and standardize already the existing conventional signs. The results are the official UIS symbol list presented here. During this work we`ve been faced with many other linked problems, such as:
- the use of computer software to draw plans (CAD and DTP-Packages)
- standardise the line thicknesses
- choose a standard set of colours (in view of the progress of computer plans)
- try to establish a worldwide standard of precision and accuracy
This will be done as a working group within the UIS Informatics Commission and in close liason with the International Geographical Union and other institutions. The aim of the working group is to establish a set of international standards in order to make maps readable for everybody.
Chairman:
Philipp Häuselmann
Giebelweg 6
CH-3323 Baeriswil (Switzerland)
Tel: ++41-77-426 23 90
e-mail: praezis (at) speleo (dot) ch
Web-Programming:
Andreas Neumann
Böschacherstrasse 10a
CH-8624 Grüt (Switzerland)
Tel: ++41-44-944 72 66
WWW: http://www.carto.net/neumann/
e-mail: a.neumann (at) carto (dot) net
Many thanks to:
- J.P. Aulas
- Ana Boian (translation to romanian)
- J.C. Burgers (translation to dutch)
- Noyan Guner, Fatih Buyuktopcu (translation to turkish)
- G. Ferrari (translation to italian)
- Fabio Kok Geribello (translation to portuguese)
- V. Grandjean
- Ionut Iosifescu (translation to romanian - GUI elements)
- L. Marusic (translation to slovenian)
- Peter Matthews
- I. Mercolli
- C. Osan (translation to romanian)
- N. Ruder
- M. & J.L. Regez
- Yvo Weidmann (initial list)
- Wookey
- R. Zeleznjak (translation to croatian)
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