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10 | <H2>3d format</H2> |
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12 | <ul> |
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14 | <li>sort out XSECT - I'm sure I meant there to be 1 and 2 byte forms, not 2 |
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15 | and 4 - 4 byte is only useful if a passage dimension is > 327.67m! |
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17 | <li>store equated stations in some way |
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19 | <li>store legs by end stations rather than repeating coordinates over and |
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20 | over? |
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22 | </ul> |
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23 | |
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24 | <H2>Aven</H2> |
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25 | |
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26 | <ul> |
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27 | |
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28 | <li>Compare HPGL export with what printhpgl used to give. |
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29 | |
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30 | <li>loading a .3d file with no survey data (or which has a valid header but is broken later) with a survey already loaded doesn't work well. |
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31 | |
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32 | <li>After keyboard controlled movement, the measuring line/circle doesn't |
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33 | reappear until the mouse is moved (e.g. plan/elevation transition with P/L). |
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34 | |
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35 | <li>Fix depth clipping on grid |
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36 | |
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37 | <li>Reword "Shift Survey Left", etc? |
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38 | |
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39 | <li>Does anyone use Controls->"Reverse Sense"? It made some sense with |
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40 | caverot but now seeing the mouse pointer makes people expect the default |
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41 | motions (for right button drag particularly). |
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42 | |
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43 | <li>Clean up export.cc and allow line width, etc to be specified |
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44 | |
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45 | <li>Better handling of missing LRUD values |
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46 | |
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47 | <li>Smooth wrinkles in presentation code (stop pres on Open or |
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48 | New, changing focus on listctrl as presentation plays doesn't really work |
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49 | properly) |
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50 | |
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51 | <li>Draw the measuring line directly onto the front buffer, so we can remove it |
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52 | with a copy from the back buffer and redraw it in the new position without a |
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53 | re-render. |
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54 | |
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55 | <li>Round the measuring line coords so the ring is a nice shape? Or just |
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56 | antialias the ring, "there" blob and line? |
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57 | |
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58 | <li>Process all pending input before rerendering to improve responsiveness. |
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59 | |
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60 | <li>Check timing code - we need to glFinish to ensure it's all drawn, and that |
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61 | may be needed to get meaningful timing info. |
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62 | |
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63 | <li>Add "colour by survey" - colour by cave (and more generally by sub-prefix): |
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64 | maybe "aven --survey 161 --colour-by-sub-prefix all.3d" would result in |
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65 | lhroute, rhroute, adrian, etc all getting different colours... |
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66 | |
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67 | <li>Implement "Skip blank pages" in aven printing |
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68 | |
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69 | <li>Terrain data (patch from PhilU) "surface.png is for a textured landscape -- |
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70 | there needs to be a menu option to select the texturing on/off, and this should |
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71 | be the texture used. map.png is just a different surface overlay for Loser." |
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72 | |
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73 | <li>different keyboard layouts mean that some key choices don't make much sense... |
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74 | |
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75 | <li>Easy way to "print extended elevation" |
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76 | |
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77 | <li>Optional lazy label redraw during drags? Or turn on at some redraw time |
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78 | threshold... |
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79 | |
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80 | <li>Some way to view older/newer version of survey |
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81 | |
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82 | <li>Label lengths aren't considered when working out image size when |
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83 | printing so a long label can spill off the edge of the printout |
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84 | |
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85 | <li>print to an image file? |
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86 | |
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87 | <li>grid on printouts |
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88 | <ul> |
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89 | <li>grid crosses option (only draw cross at intersections, not a full grid). |
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90 | <li>[(x,y) of a point to go through (easting, northing) |
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91 | <li>x spacing, y spacing (default to x spacing) |
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92 | <li>orientation (bearing of y-axis?) (defaults to 0)] |
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93 | </ul> |
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94 | |
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95 | <li>Profile aven further (for both speed and memory usage) |
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96 | |
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97 | <li>by default put crosses on those points with no legs attached (unused |
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98 | fixed points)? |
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99 | |
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100 | <li>label junctions/dead ends? |
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101 | |
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102 | <li>section colouring/selective labelling |
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103 | |
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104 | <li>clipping - want to select a clip sphere (or maybe cube) centred on |
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105 | centre on rotation I think. |
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107 | <li>Some way to display all the names of an equated station (e.g. in pop-up |
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108 | window or the info panel). |
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109 | |
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110 | <li>check on monochrome, 16, and 256 colour displays - especially that depth |
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111 | colouring looks OK |
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113 | <li>Feed back redraw time to key based movement as in caverot? Or perhaps best |
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114 | not to? It depends on whether we expect people to hold down keys or not... |
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115 | Perhaps something smart where the first press is a fixed size, then after that |
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116 | it depends on the redraw? |
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118 | <li>Save cavern log from aven? |
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119 | |
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120 | <li>improve .plt export to include less crude survey structure. |
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121 | |
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122 | <li>If multiple methods for drawing crosses and/or blobs pass the |
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123 | visual fidelity check, check which is fastest. |
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124 | |
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125 | <li>Lots of aven things need documenting. |
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126 | |
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127 | </ul> |
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128 | |
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129 | <H2>Documentation</H2> |
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130 | |
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131 | <ul> |
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133 | <li>Document averaging of repeated legs |
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134 | |
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135 | <li>Platform specific versions of docs? |
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136 | |
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137 | <li>Put more terms in terminology in docs ? trip, instrument, ... |
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138 | |
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139 | <li>Finish off manual loose ends. |
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140 | |
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141 | <li>Look at using docbook2man instead of docbook-to-man (command is |
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142 | <i>nsgmls man_aven.sgml | sgmlspl /usr/lib/perl5/sgmlspl-specs/docbook2man-spec.pl</i>). Issues are: double space between sentences is lost; |
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143 | double blank lines appear in output. |
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145 | <li>Document dump3d |
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146 | |
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147 | <li>Look at rewording extend.sgml (AndyA comments) |
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148 | |
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149 | </ul> |
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150 | |
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151 | <H2>Internationalisation and Localisation</H2> |
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153 | <ul> |
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155 | <li>Update translations. |
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157 | <li>control of output units in .err file and in stats at end of cavern run? |
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158 | In fact anywhere we report a value in degrees or metres, the units should be |
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159 | selectable |
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161 | </ul> |
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162 | |
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163 | <H2>Test Suite</H2> |
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165 | <ul> |
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167 | <li>test diving data with compass omitted (plumbed) |
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169 | <li>more tests for direction |
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171 | <li>improve 3d torture test and try to automate its use if possible. |
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173 | <li>Compass .mak and .plt and CMAP .xyz in test suite? |
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174 | |
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175 | <li>img.c: explicitly test routines in test suite? |
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176 | |
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177 | </ul> |
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178 | |
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179 | <H2>Miscellaneous</H2> |
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180 | |
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181 | <ul> |
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183 | <li>resolve FIXMEs in code |
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185 | <li>diffpos: compare connectivity (i.e legs as well as stations) - e.g. |
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186 | |
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187 | <pre> |
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188 | foo.1 moved by (0.02, 0.10, -0.06) |
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189 | leg between foo.1 and bar.2 removed |
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190 | ... |
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191 | bar.2 moved by (-0.02, -0.05, 0.03) |
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192 | </pre> |
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193 | |
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194 | </ul> |
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195 | |
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196 | <H2>Cavern</H2> |
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197 | |
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198 | <ul> |
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200 | <li>This gives "*** Singular!!!" warning with DEBUG_INVALID on: |
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201 | <pre> |
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202 | 1 2 50000 0 - |
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203 | 1 2 5 0 -30 |
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204 | </pre> |
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206 | <li>Default variance for topofil counter? (currently same as that of tape) |
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208 | <li>Rather than forming a linked list of components, solve each as it is |
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209 | identified? Beware of issues like those that revcomplist test checks. |
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211 | <li>Don't split other traverses at articulating traverses when reporting error |
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212 | stats. |
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214 | <li>sort out title which goes in .3d file for this (if no *includes in ... |
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215 | it gets the title of the leafname of this .svx file, otherwise it's the |
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216 | leafnames of the *include-d files, comma-separated): |
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217 | |
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218 | <pre> |
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219 | *begin mycave |
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220 | *title "My Cave" |
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221 | ... |
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222 | *end mycave |
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223 | </pre> |
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225 | <li>look at solution by QR factorisation in matrix.c more |
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227 | <li>consider disabling the more expensive asserts - turning them all off |
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228 | speeds up cavern by about 10%. |
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230 | <li> |
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231 | Warn bearings not 3 digits, gradient not <sign><digit><digit> |
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233 | <li>cavern: auto declination? |
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235 | <li>Sort out gross error detection code |
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237 | <li>For warnings such as "Suspicious compass reading", report the reading |
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238 | in question in the error message (in the text form given in the file). |
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239 | Also report values when warning about problems with processed readings. |
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240 | |
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241 | <li>legs: implied flags: inloop/plumb |
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243 | <li>legs: "dubious" for "tapeless" legs - bearing along continuation... |
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245 | <li>station flags: "important" - e.g. top camp "fixed" point / |
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246 | junction,deadend (implied by order) / |
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247 | articulation pt (know for nodes I think a station is if at least one |
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248 | of its nodes is) |
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250 | <li>Maybe station lists should know how long they are? |
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251 | |
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252 | <li>Articulation point code: ideally the articulation point code should allow |
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253 | further network reductions to happen after splitting at articulation |
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254 | points? |
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256 | </ul> |
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257 | |
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258 | <H2>Survex file format</H2> |
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259 | |
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260 | <ul> |
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261 | |
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262 | <li>*data chamber ... |
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263 | |
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264 | <li>*data nsew ... for pitches (bearings rather than having to be NSEW) |
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266 | <li>Allow angles as deg/min/sec (for theodolite data) (060°10'15" as 060 10 |
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267 | 15, or 060.1005 (crap notation)) |
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268 | |
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269 | <li>Add support for bearings of form N20E (ie [NS][0-9]+[EW])? |
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270 | |
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271 | <li>should % after a clino reading work? |
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273 | <li>Fixing a point by triangulation? |
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274 | |
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275 | <li>multiple readings: |
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276 | <p> |
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277 | average bearings specially - they don't average like normal numbers |
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278 | <p> |
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279 | %age gradients should probably average the same as angle gradients |
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280 | <p> |
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281 | Document - works like so: |
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282 | <pre> |
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283 | *set open { |
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284 | *set close } |
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285 | *calibrate compass {000.5 001.0 001.25} |
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286 | 1 2 10.23 {000 001} -02 |
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287 | 2 3 {10.16 10.17} 127 {+06 +05} |
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288 | 3 4 11.98 007 {+03 +03} |
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289 | </pre> |
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290 | Implement as extension to number format so any suitable numeric value to be |
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291 | repeated? |
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292 | <li>Theodolite + level: |
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293 | <ul> |
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294 | <li>delta(bearing (relative to 0 at start) |
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295 | <li>delta(horizontal) |
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296 | <li>delta(vertical) / maybe "clino" instead |
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297 | </ul> |
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298 | |
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299 | <li>Theodolite only: |
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300 | <ul> |
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301 | <li>delta(bearing (relative to 0 at start) |
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302 | <li>delta(horizontal) |
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303 | <li>infinite sd for z |
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304 | </ul> |
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305 | |
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306 | <li>Infinite sds so we can fix in x and y only (or z only)? |
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307 | |
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308 | <li>legs: "commented out" flag? syntax check data but otherwise ignore |
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309 | |
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310 | <li>legs: hydrology - fossil/active/not recorded/static water/underwater |
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311 | (sump) [diving underwater by default? except style can mean altimeter |
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312 | too...] |
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313 | |
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314 | <li>legs: floor type - mud/sand/breakdown/flowstone/etc and can then used |
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315 | LRUD to draw crude survey... |
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316 | |
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317 | <li>Allow valid range for an instrument to be specified. Tie in with |
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318 | *instrument. *units date - ranges for dates - e.g. "1990-" or |
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319 | "jun-aug"... |
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321 | <li>cope with any combination of readings which gives enough info ??? |
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322 | |
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323 | <li>leg and station "comments": |
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325 | <pre>*data passage station left right up down comment |
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327 | 1 1.0 - 50+ 0.5 "large cairn" |
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329 | 2 ... |
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331 | *data normal station l r u d comment newline tape compass clino |
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332 | |
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333 | 1 1.0 - 50+ 0.5 "large cairn" |
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334 | |
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335 | 10.78 123 -03 |
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336 | |
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337 | 2 ... |
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338 | </pre> |
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339 | |
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340 | comment can be omitted "-" or not present if at end of line...? |
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341 | commentall? |
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342 | |
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343 | <li>Allow covariances to be specified in cartesian style? |
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344 | |
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345 | <li>flag legs as "skeletal" or something? (i.e. not in the cave passage) - |
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346 | e.g. a radiolocation leg from one passage to another isn't surface, |
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347 | but it isn't in the cave itself either (it's through rock). You could |
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348 | just call it surface but maybe later we want to use the surface |
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349 | flag to produce points for a surface triangulation... |
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350 | |
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351 | <li>?outlaw prefixes on stations in data legs (as Todd has lobbied for) |
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352 | and then the prefix of a leg == prefix of each end...? |
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353 | |
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354 | <li>comma separated dates in *date? |
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355 | |
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356 | <li>Find a solution to Thilo's "." problem. |
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357 | |
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358 | <li>Units in *fix (currently metres) |
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359 | |
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360 | </ul> |
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361 | |
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362 | <H2>img library</H2> |
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363 | |
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364 | <ul> |
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365 | |
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366 | <li>eliminate duplicate img_LABELs when reading .PLT files. |
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367 | |
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368 | <li>img should return img_XSECT from Compass PLT files. |
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370 | <li>make img more modular (convert to C++?) |
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371 | |
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372 | <li>add support for .KST? Gary says documentation is out of date, and recent |
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373 | releases of winkarst have broken .KST export/import... |
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374 | |
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375 | <li>resolve documentation/examples mismatch for station based XYZ files and |
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376 | implement reading of legs from them. |
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