main pitfalls (was re: New subscriber)

[Andrew]

On Wed 29 Nov, John Halleck wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Andy Waddington on Survey stuff wrote:
> 
> > Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 23:49:48 GMT
> > From: Andy Waddington on Survey stuff <Survex@pennine.demon.co.uk>
> > To: cave-surveying@survex.com
> > Subject: main pitfalls (was re: New subscriber)
> > 
> > > What are the main pitfalls waiting to trip up an inexperienced
> > > surveyor?
> > 
> > Magnetic bits on your person
> > Wet paper / ball point pens
> > Sloppy recording / poor sketching
> 
>   Decade inversion reading instruments, and other artifacts
>   of not enough practice.
> 
>   The fine art of picking a survey point you can find so that
>   starting out where you left off is possible.
> 
Finding someone that is willing to do the survay with you to the standards
that are needed


Andrew
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