GrottoCenter Blog

The Grottocenter team is doing important work to make it possible to provide, archive, and utilize all the scientific data collected in caves and karst environments. The first building block is in place: a Superset instance will soon be accessible at https://bi.grottocenter.org, allowing you to perform the analyses you need using the data archived in Grottocenter. Thank you to Clément for this beautiful and promising achievement.

Paul has just published a new homepage with better organized and more accessible information, especially on the phone. The contact form is particularly prominent to encourage you to get in touch if you encounter any difficulties.

Paul has just released a very handy new feature: When you're on the map, right-clicking allows you to create an entry at the point you've selected. Know of a cave? Is it not in Grottocenter? It's very quick to do.

The Grottocenter website, published by the Wikicaves association, aims to provide detailed information on underground cavities to anyone who needs it. This information, provided by anyone who wishes to contribute through citizen science, helps protect this very fragile environment. Government agencies, researchers, managers of protected sites, and speleological organizations thus have access to the data they need. Your mission: Much of the data available in Grottocenter is historical data that is inaccurate and incomplete. Your mission will be to: Take charge of a geographical area Improve the quality of the data Go into the field to verify the existence and location of cavities To join the team: https://www.jeveuxaider.gouv.fr/missions-benevolat/103837/benevolat-wikicaves-2 Communication with the team will be conducted in French.

Now, when you are logged into Grottocenter, you can fully manage your account. In particular, you can request to receive email notifications: these include the validation of the documents you submit and, for leaders, information related to your subscriptions.

Each year, following the Annual General Meeting, the members of the Board of Directors elect the members of the Executive Committee. The following are elected: President: Frédéric Urien Treasurer: Dominique Ros Technical Manager: Clément Ronzon International Exchange Manager: Didier Borg