GrottoCenter is a comunity database for cavers based on a wiki-like system. Cavers fill the databes for cavers.
Any interesting natural cavity can be added in the database!

Navigation is through an embeded Google-Map. Cavers are represented by red helmets , entries by yellow packs and grottoes by blue houses .
By clicking on any of those pictograms, an info-window appears showing its properties (massif, length, depth, etc.).
For the "entries" (yellow packs), the info-window allow you to access to a detailed sheet containing:

• a description of the access to the cave
• a cave description
• a description of rigging and ropes needs
• a reference to any linked web site
• some comments (by cavers) with an evaluation of aestetics etc.

GrottoCenter works with caver's contributions (so your's), and we count on you to help us complete and rely this database. You can access to the creation/modification menu with the left-hand panel after you signed in.
We remind you that you can add any interesting cave to GrottoCenter!
Thanks.

Here is the "GrottoTeam", alphabetically by name:

• Nathan Boinet: ergonomics advisor and functional analyst, tester
• Thomas Cabothiau: ergonomics advisor and functional advisor
• Barbara Guzman: ergonomics advisor and English-Spanish translations
• Stéphane Lips: ergonomics advisor and functional advisor, tester
• Clément Ronzon: designer, ergonomics and functional analyst, English-French translations
• Vincent Routhieau: ergonomics advisor, functional analyst, tester
• Benjamin Soufflet : developer, system administrator
• Norbert Weber : German translation.
• Vanyo Gyorev : Bulgarian translation.

If you want to make your bit, feel free to contact us!

A big thank to those people and all those who participated and contributed to the project!

GrottoCenter was designed in a spirit totally apolitical. The site contains elements that constitute a work protected by international treaties.

By content we mean: entries, cavers and clubs coordiantes and all information presented in the detailed sheets, including attachments (topos, photos ...).

GrottoCenter . This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported.

If you want to register a "sensitive" cavity there are two options depending on the degree of protection desired.

• The cavity is easily accessible and you just whant to avoid overcrowding by non-caver people.
  In this case, just chosse the option "Registered (sensitive cave and/or regulated access)." when adding the entry.
  In this way the cavity appears only to registered users who are connected.
• The cavity is very sensitive (concretions, archeology, paleontology, etc.) and it is essential to avoid access for non-caver people.
  In this case, chosse the option "Registered (sensitive cave and/or regulated access).", and it is recommended to distort the coordinates of the cavity within a radius of 1 km around its real place and specify in the detailed sheet that the cavity is not pointing its exact location and should not indicate access.
  In this way the cavers that wish to visit that cave will necessarily contact with right peolple/organization concerned by this cavity. This option is reserved for exceptional cases.

This site, although it may contain detailed information on caves, was not designed to facilitate the visit for none caver people. Dangers are not necessarily reported and information mentioned is not everytime verified.

Caving is a discipline with many facets: cultural, science and sports. In the latter capacity, it often requires a physical commitment. It is also not free of risks, and even major risks. These risks, if they can not be completely eliminated, are at least greatly reduced by a practice in the rules, practice which is fully understood when under a caving club (grotto).

In any case GrottoCenter and its team can not be held liable for a bad practice of caving.

The novice who would engage in underground exploration is urged to contact a caving club. The names and contact information can be obtained among other to the IUS (International Union of Speleology), to GrottoCenter or to his national federation.