Cave GIS and Monitoring
Bigfork High School’s cave resource monitoring techniques are relatively simple, but profound. They have evolved from a basic observation that there is a need to know what resources are in a cave, exactly where they are, and what their condition is. The club’s in-cave monitoring work typically involves transcribing visitor register pages, establishing climate monitoring, photo monitoring, and Visitor Impact Point (VIP) monitoring.
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The Cave Club uses GIS to organize and analyze cave monitoring data. GIS is a computerized system for storing and analyzing data that is spatial referenced to the Earth. GIS has a wide variety of practical applications and is used in many fields including wildlife biology, fisheries, engineering, forestry, city planning, real estate, marketing, banking, insurance, and many more. A few samples from our monitoring and GIS work are presented below. Downloadable articles and reports are included at the bottom of the page for those wanting more information.
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A sampling of GIS maps from a Grand Canyon Cave
(click on map to enlarge)
Sample Web Apps, Reports and Articles
Mystery Cave Conservation Project Web App
Anti Cave Graffiti Web App
BHS Sample Cave Monitoring Report
BHS Cave Club GIS and Monitoring Methods | |
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Cave Invertebrate Study with GIS maps | |
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