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Ardeche caves
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ZombieCake
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Only one I have is Speleo Sportive en Ardeche by Philippe Drouin and Thierry Marchand by Edisud 1989 I guess it's out of print. Worth tracking down though, in French but there are pictures.
If you can take a dinghy and abseil off the middle of Pont d'Arc into the Ardeche River into the boat, it's great fun. Unfortunately only pics I have are on unscanned slides so can't post here.
R?seau Rochas Midroi Guigonne, Syst?me Goule-Event Foussoubie, Grotte de Ch?taigniers, are among the ones worth seeing. There's also one in Pont d'Arc behind a cafe, can't remember the name though.
Fantastic place.
If you can take a dinghy and abseil off the middle of Pont d'Arc into the Ardeche River into the boat, it's great fun. Unfortunately only pics I have are on unscanned slides so can't post here.
R?seau Rochas Midroi Guigonne, Syst?me Goule-Event Foussoubie, Grotte de Ch?taigniers, are among the ones worth seeing. There's also one in Pont d'Arc behind a cafe, can't remember the name though.
Fantastic place.
Cave_Troll
Active member
diving ?
http://www.plongeesout.com/sites/raba/ardeche/ardeche.htm
http://www.plongeesout.com/sites/raba/ardeche/ardeche.htm
ZombieCake
Well-known member
Ought to add that I don't know what access permission is these days. I think most were open , but wouldn't hurt to make sure you have insurance details. Abseiling into the Ardeche river is quite technical as it's rather deep, hence the boat, and swimming with abseiling gear could be awkward.
GarDouth
Administrator
Does anyone know of a decent online converter for Lambert XYZ coordinates (found in older French guide books) to LatLong? I've spent some time searching Google and found various tools but none of them seem to work. I think the datum is Lambert 3 but I stand to be corrected on that.
langcliffe
Well-known member
GarDouth
Administrator
Thanks both. I had actually come across both of those converters in my searches however for some reason I didn't get them to work at the time (probably due to lack of sleep!)
I think my mistake was entering the wrong units. By default both of the converters suggested use meters however the number in the guide book is in km. Both seem to work fine when you give it the right info!
I tried with Event de Foussoubie - X-762.960, Y= 230.595, Z=197 (as listed in the book - in km) and it seems to be approximately right but having never been I don't know how accurate it is.
Out of interest, does the Z coordinate make any difference to the position or is it literally an altitude? I've seen some stuff saying it does matter but the converters don't ask for it so it can't be much of an issue.
Thanks for your help.
I think my mistake was entering the wrong units. By default both of the converters suggested use meters however the number in the guide book is in km. Both seem to work fine when you give it the right info!
I tried with Event de Foussoubie - X-762.960, Y= 230.595, Z=197 (as listed in the book - in km) and it seems to be approximately right but having never been I don't know how accurate it is.
Out of interest, does the Z coordinate make any difference to the position or is it literally an altitude? I've seen some stuff saying it does matter but the converters don't ask for it so it can't be much of an issue.
Thanks for your help.
langcliffe
Well-known member
gardouth said:
I tried your coordinates using the converter I recommended, and located the result onto the 1:2500 with the red flag. It looks pretty good to me.
gardouth said:
It's just the altitude.
Ship-badger
Member
That does not look right for the Event de Foussoubie to me. Where's the river?
