Cemetery Preservation Project
Cemetery Preservation Project – How to Organize Overview The task of preserving an historic cemetery can be daunting. Often individuals interested in undertaking such a project are overwhelmed and don’t know where to begin. Systematic planning and use of standardized forms and common conservation practices will help an individual or group identify the various aspects […]
Digital Cemetery Mapping
Digital Cemetery Mapping provides numerous benefits and advantages. Cemetery managers that provide burial plot maps enable their stakeholders to have access to gravesite locations. Additionally, an accurate cemetery plot map allows cemetery management to have an understanding of how much space is available for future development. Over time, however, the traditional paper-based static burial plot […]
Cemetery GPR Scanning
Cemetery GPR Scanning? A Brief Guide! Cemetery GPR Scanning – what is it? GPR stands for Ground Penetrating Radar. This technology allows us to scan the ground to see what is hidden beneath the surface. It’s a non-invasive method of detecting objects buried deep in soil, sand, or gravel. Archaeologists and other scientists use cemetery […]
Finding Unmarked Graves at Cemetery
Finding unmarked graves in the news as reported by The McDonald County Press. Joyce Haynes of the Shelt Noel Cemetery Board said 46 unmarked graves were recently discovered at the cemetery. The board hired Scott Field of Via Vista Mapping, a GIS web map specialist, to bring ground-penetrating radar to search for unmarked graves. Haynes […]
Christmas Flourishes in Cemeteries
Cemetery: From the The Gainesville Sun Around the country, this is the season when cemeteries become homes for many families’ second Christmas tree, where devotion meets tinsel, “Let It Snow” garden ornaments and the occasional Santa swizzle stick. A kind of populist yuletide ritual is flourishing far from front yards, transforming the graves of loved […]
Cemetery Mapping Services: Let’s get digital
Cemetery mapping services are transitioning to digital platforms. We are living in age of digitalization, and things around us are increasingly dominated by technology. The world has changed. We work from home, attend school from home, shop from home, and stream movies at home. Online activities have increased in quantity and popularity. People are becoming […]
Burial Plot Map Essentials
Burial Plot maps are an essential tool for managing a cemetery. Cemetery operators that provide burial plot maps ensure their patrons have quick and easy access to gravesite locations. Additionally, an accurate burial plot map allows cemetery management to have an exact understanding of how much space is available for future development. Particular care should […]
CEMETERY MAPPING TO PRESERVE YOUR CEMETERY
There are many challenges that come with effectively operating a cemetery due to a lack of cemetery mapping: INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE, AND CONFUSING DOCUMENTATION In many communities, cemetery data is documented in spreadsheets, handwritten and typed books, coffee-stained maps, and even only known by one individual. Managing a cemetery with this kind of disjointed data can […]
Cemetery Mapping News – Brandon South Dakota
Cemetery mapping news: If you’re driving past the Brandon Lutheran Cemetery this week, you might see a strange man with strange equipment walking the grounds in the blazing heat. This man is Scott Field, owner of ViaVista Mapping, who is digitally mapping all of the marked and unmarked graves at the Brandon cemetery located along […]
BURIAL PLOT MAP FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN CEMETERY
In January 2022, we completed a digital burial plot map at the Glencoe-Geiger Cemetery, which is located on Sugar Mill Dr. between S.R. 44 and Pioneer Trail west of New Smyrna Beach. The land was donated to the Geiger family for a cemetery by the Smith family that is buried there. The cemetery is primarily […]