GrottoCenter Blog

That's right—new features aren't taking a vacation (for now) on Grottocenter. - The number of massifs displayed on the homepage now accurately reflects the actual count. - At Bernard's suggestion, the map size on the cave entrances page now adjusts its height to match the content on the right side of the screen—it looks much better! - And you can now mark all notifications as read. Thanks to Paul and Clément for these handy new features.

A great discovery this morning: Paul and Clément have brought back the feature that lets you mark the caves you’ve visited. You can now view the caves you’ve visited—as well as those visited by other account holders—on a map within the "Activities" tab of your public page and your account. We are all cavers: it’s a wonderful way to showcase our adventures. The recent updates may have caused some errors, so please check your list of trips.

A few small changes have been made over the last 24 hours to address specific requests: Nathan felt it didn't make sense to display a license when a document wasn't linked to an actual file > the license is no longer displayed. Jean Donatien felt that the term "layers" in the context of deleting polygons (massif perimeters) wasn't quite right > this has been fixed. Paul also took the opportunity to make it clear on the network entrance page that there are descriptions available at the network level as well. He also updated the visualization of caves or entrances when linking one entrance to another or to a network. These are small details, but they help improve your user experience. Thanks, Paul.

This time, the new features are located at the bottom of the Grottocenter homepage. Paul has created a new "Best Practices" section; it hosts the page on bats as well as a new page—developed by Bernard—outlining the rules to follow to ensure environmental conservation. In the technical section, a new button has appeared, providing access to a tool for analyzing data collected in Grottocenter. It may seem simple, but a great deal of work went into it: when you are logged into Grottocenter, you are automatically connected to this data analysis platform.

Chloé has just produced and published a video showing you how to use all the features of the Grottocenter search engine. You'll learn everything in just 5 minutes—kudos on a fantastic job!

Ferdinando is responsible for publishing a very comprehensive article about the Wikicaves association and the recent developments of Grottocenter in the June issue of Underground Vision magazine. This is a way to raise awareness of the project and to keep track of its progress in 2026. https://speleomedit.tetide.org/magazine/published-numbers/june-2026-n2/