[Therion] incomplete data sets
Graham Mullan
graham.mullan at coly.org.uk
Wed Feb 2 13:04:51 CET 2011
I have begun the arduous task of converting a large data set (60 km+ of
passage) from Survex to Therion in line with the rest of the data that
we keep. Much of this is quite old, 1950s and 1960s.
In many cases we do not have clino data and, in Survex, I have either
ignored this fact or have manipulated the data by inserting fixes
including altitudes at known points, usually entrances. This would skew
the model to give a reasonable approximation of its 3d shape.
I discover that Therion will not simply ignore the lack of clino
readings but tells me that there is
"not all data for given style"
if I have put in this line
"data normal from to length bearing ignoreall"
This concerns me on two fronts: firstly does it mean that I have to go
back in and type an arbitrary list of zeros at the end of each data
line? Secondly, when it processes the cave does this mean that the
process will give due meaning to all those zeros and adjust the model
differently to how it would do so if they were not there (as in Survex)?
Graham
More information about the Therion
mailing list