<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:bookman old style, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>footleg, <br></span></div><div><span>i read your tutorial three times, and i agree with bruce.<br></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>i'm probably not completely new to therion, so i'm sort</span></div><div><span>of biased judging it, but,</span><span> to me it is a very good intro to therion.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>there is an emphasis of getting the cave data from distox.</div><div>this means to skip talking about the data-entry in xtherion, <br></div><div>for instance. as well as other things.<br></div><div>but it's in the title that it is about therion AND distox, ...</div><div>and it makes sense, as it is something for the course you have</div><div>mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>one thing in your tutorial made me think about:</div><div>you define a map even when there
is one single scrap.</div><div>from therion book, this is not necessary, as therion</div><div>outputs the scraps of the survey if there is no map.</div><div>i must say that i use to do the same: whenever i have a scrap</div><div>i define a map for it.</div><div>next you add the second scrap to the map and must put in the <br></div><div>"break". following my habits i would have defined a new map</div><div>with the two scrap' maps ...</div><div><br></div><div>and i found that with the two scraps the break is needed, with</div><div>two maps there is no need for it. and much more about map</div><div>arrangements which is beyond this mail topic.</div><div><br></div><div>now i have a question (for anyone, not just footleg):</div><div>when is it better to use a map with two scraps, and when a map with</div><div>twp maps?</div><div><br></div><div>by the way, <br></div><div>footleg, it's really a great tutorial. <br></div><div>looking forward to see it
complete.</div><div>marco<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: bookman old style, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Bruce <bruce@tomo.co.nz><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'List for Therion users' <therion@speleo.sk> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 16, 2012 12:20 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Therion] Training Course Guide for Therion from the UK Cave Surveying Group<br> </font> </div> <br>
<br>>Already I was unhappy with the way I introduced additional scraps in<br>>this training guide because it is not a simple case, and jumps in too<br>>much at the deep end. ...<br><br>>So the plan is to split off this guide on starting from actual DistoX<br>>data to cover the workflow of getting the data from PocketTopo into<br>>Therion, and write a more general Therion Tutorial starting with some<br>>more illustrative data and building up from the basics to more<br>>advanced concepts. The first guide will lead into the second to turn<br>>the beginner into an expert! <br><br>Footleg, I really like the pace and style of your initial guide. In a<br>straight forward way it gets the student to a real map and model in only a<br>few steps. For me it is the key point of difference to what we have<br>already. So don't make your revision too detailed or too comprehensive in<br>the introductory lessons. (Subject to
live testing on Therion novices of<br>course) <br><br>Bruce<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Therion mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Therion@speleo.sk" href="mailto:Therion@speleo.sk">Therion@speleo.sk</a><br>http://mailman.speleo.sk/mailman/listinfo/therion<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>