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Section of the NSS

Compass & Tape (ISSN: 1074-596) is the Survey and Cartography section's quarterly publication which is mailed to all members. It is scheduled to be published four times per year, but if insufficient material is available for an issue, the quarterly schedule may not be met. All memberships will be extended to insure that four issues are received.

Compass & Tape features articles covering a wide range of topics, including equipment reviews, techniques, computer processing, mapping standards, artistic techniques, all forms of cave cartography and reprints of articles of interest and appropriate material from national and international publications. Compass & Tape is the primary medium for conveying information and ideas within the U.S. cave mapping community. All members are strongly encouraged to contribute material and to comment on published material.

Back issues of Compass & Tape are available back to 1983 which is when the section was started. All issues are available and cost depends on how many issues are purchased. The cost for 1-2 back issues is $1.00 each; $0.75 each for 3-6 back issues; $.50 each for more than six back issues at a time. Back issues can be ordered from the Bob Hoke, Treasurer.

Questions or comments about publication content should be directed to the publication editor. Missing issue and address correction requests should be sent to the circulation editor.

Submissions to Compass & Tape

All types of materials related to cave survey and survey data, cartography, and cave documentation in general, are welcome for publication in ompass & Tape. Manuscripts are accepted in ANY form but are most welcome as email attachments, on CD or 3.5 inch diskettes either IBM compatible or Mac format or via email. Typed material is acceptable and we will accept handwritten material as long as it is legible. Artwork is any form. shape or size is also welcome as are photographs and maps. Send all submission for Compass & Tape to:

Patricia Kambesis
Hoffman Environmental Research Institute
Dept. of Geography/Geology Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY 42121
270-745-4169
pnkambesis@juno.com

Permission and Disclaimers for Compass & Tape

Permission to reprint material from Compass & Tape is granted to grottos and other organizations of the NSS, provided that proper credit is given. Others should request permission from the editor or from the author or cartographers. The opinions and policies stated in this publication are not necessarily those of the NSS, the Survey and Cartography Section or the editor. Articles and editorials, illustrations, photos, cartoons and maps published in Compass & Tape are attributed to and copyrighted by the person or persons whose by-lines accompany the material.

The editor reserves the right to select which of the submitted materials will be used for publication. Of the material selected, the editor reserves the right to delete redundant or inappropriate material, to correct errors of spelling, grammer, or punctuation, and to edit for clarity, so long as such alterations do not change the meaning or intent of the author(s). In the event that significant changes are contemplated, the author(s) will be consulted and given the opporutunity to review the changes prior

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