KarstScout

Potential cave entrance detection from public USGS LiDAR, for serious cavers doing research-grade ground-truthing.

What this is

KarstScout computes candidate entrance locations by analysing sub-surface returns and terrain derivatives from USGS 3DEP 1-metre DEMs. Every result is a hypothesis — nothing here replaces field verification.

Access

Access is invite-only. Results are functionally cave-location data and are treated under the Federal Cave Resources Protection Act posture — no public map, no share links, no cross-reference to community cave databases. If you're a caver, geologist, or land manager and think you have a research case for access, email hello@revops.rocks.

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