VSS WEB SITE LINKS:

 Ø    Virginia State Agencies

Ø    Affiliate Organizations

Ø    Other State Cave Surveys

Ø    Cave Conservancy Groups

Ø    Caving Equipment Suppliers

Ø    Caving Equipment Manufacturers

Ø    Software Links for Cave Surveyors

Ø      Technical Information for Cave Surveyors

Virginia State Agencies:

·        Virginia Cave Board

·        Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)

·        Virginia Division of Mineral Resources

Affiliate Organizations:

·        DC Grotto

·        Gagsta Mappers

·        National Speleological Society (NSS)

·        Potomac Speleological Club (PSC)

·        Virginia Region (VAR) of the NSS

·        Virginia Region Grotto Directory

Other State Cave Surveys:

·        Colorado

·        Georgia

·        Indiana

·        Kentucky

·        Minnesota

·        Missouri

·        Tennessee

·        Texas

·        West Virginia

Cave Conservancy Groups:

·        American Cave Conservancy

·        Butler Cave Conservation Society (BCCS)

·        Cave Conservancy of the Virginias (CCV)

·        Indiana Karst Conservancy

·        Karst Waters Institute

·        Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy

·        Northeast Cave Conservancy

·        Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy

·        Perkins Cave Conservancy (VA)

·        Southeastern Cave Conservancy

·         West Virginia Cave Conservancy

Caving Equipment Suppliers:

·        Bob and Bob Caving Equipment

·         Inner Mountain Outfitters

·         Karst Sports

·          Speleobooks

Caving Equipment Manufacturers:

·        Bluewater Ropes

·        Glow-Bug LED Lights

·        HDS Systems – cave lights

·        Howie’s Harnesses/State of the Artz

·        Lost Creek Packs

·        Pelican Cases

·        Petzl Caving Equipment

·        PMI Ropes

·        Princeton Tec Lights

·         Suunto – Precision Survey Instruments

Software Links for Cave Surveyors:

·        Carto

·        Caveplot

·        Compass Cave Survey Software (Larry Fish)

·        Survex

·        WinKarst

Technical Information for Cave Surveyors:

·        Cave and Cave Surveying Links

·        Cave and Karst Terminology

·        Cave Map Symbols - official UIS list

·        Cave Surveying Discussion Group

·        Caver's Digest

·        Caving Knots

·        Dye Tracing/Karst Page

·        Home Version of Terraserver (mostly free)

·        International Union of Speleology (UIS)

·        John Ganter’s Caving Technology Site

·        John Ganter’s Publications

·        Map Tech Web Site

·        NSS Survey and Cartography Section

·        Terraserver Web Site (topo maps and aerials)

·        TopoZone Web Site

·        UIS Cave Surveying and Mapping Group

·         VAR Cave Access Status List