New release of Cave Converter

Footleg drfootleg at gmail.com
Tue Mar 5 14:29:51 GMT 2013


A new version of my Cave Converter tool is now available. It converts
between various cave survey file formats. Primarily to enable users of
DistoX devices to get their existing data into PocketTopo, and their
new survey data out of PocketTopo and into Survex format. Help and
download link on the home page. Source code available under GNU GPLv3
license.

http://wscc.darkgem.com/caveconverter/

A summary of the changes in this release:
- Added support for nested series in the data model. Survex reader and
writer no longer flatten
  the survey series hierarchy when series are inside other series.
- Fixed issue where Survex output files put data inside duplicated
begin/end blocks.
- Improved series naming in PocketTopo converted data. Series now have
the series number as
  their name rather than the full cave name and series number, so the
name is not duplicated
  in the outer series name and inner series names. The outer series
name is now the full name
  from the input file (previously any numbers on the end of the name
were removed).
- PocketTopo converted data links to series not included in the
PocketTopo file now use the
  correct series number and station number for the linked external
series instead of dummy data.
- Toporobot format generation is much faster, and handles more complex
cave surveys which
  could crash the converter in previous versions.
- Fixed crash in Toporobot writer when converting directly from
PocketTopo format.

Bug reports and requests to support other formats always welcomed.

Enjoy!

Footleg



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