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UIS- Wikicaves Working group

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Hello ,

As you might  have seen  or read in the IUS report ,  Wikicaves and its database Grottocenter  are evolving  and expanding .We were wondering if  you would be willing to take part  in this project initiated in  2016  by the  the UIS and the UIS- Wikicaves Working group  to  ascertain what level of locational precision for caves  you are  ready to  accept for your  country and if you would be willing to supply information about some of  your caves in order .to expand the world database which is slowly expanding  .

 Once more,   thank you for your  contribution to the  caving community


Didier Borg
 for the UIS- Wikicaves Working Group
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