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Burial Plot Map: Essential Documentation for Every Cemetery

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A burial plot map is an integral part of any cemetery or crematorium. It should provide an accurate location of every grave or cremated remains plot within the grounds and the spaces available. Maintaining an accurate cemetery map is essential for day-to-day operations. Furthermore, it helps ensure that only available plots are sold and it […]

Digital Cemetery Mapping is Reshaping Cemetery Management

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Digital cemetery mapping has reshaped the cemetery and death care services. In recent years, cemetery tourism or Tombstone Tourism, has seen a boom. The growing interest in genealogy has encouraged people to hunt out cemeteries in search of their ancestors. Finding ancestors’ burials is part of unearthing their family tree and stories. The fascination with […]

Cemetery Plot Maps – A Comprehensive Guide

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A Comprehensive Guide to Cemetery Plot Maps Step into the world of cemetery plot maps and unlock the secrets hidden within the graves. In this comprehensive guide, we will take you on a journey through the intricate web of pathways, rows, and names that make up a cemetery or burial plot map. Whether you’re a […]

Cemetery Mapping Problems

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Cemetery Mapping Problems & Solutions Cemetery mapping can help address the most common problems for cemetery managers. Is your cemetery struggling with one of these common mapping issues? We’ve got you covered. Relying on aging paper maps Cemeteries are historic institutions. Their paper maps? Important historical documents. As with any aging documents, cemetery maps must […]

Finding Unmarked Graves

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Finding Unmarked Graves in the news from Wisconsin Public Radio. We talk with a UW-Eau Claire professor who uses deep ground penetrating radar to detect mass graves containing the remains of people who disappeared in clashes a half century ago. Featured in this Episode Finding Unmarked Graves from Wisconsin Public Radio Want to know more? […]

GIS Cemetery Mapping

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GIS Cemetery Mapping – How does it help Cemetery Managers? Technology has become the bedrock of the 21st century. No matter the industry or sector, advancement in technology continues to provide much-needed convenience and ease. Such is the case for cemetery sites. If you are a cemetery manager, operator, or caretaker, it is important for […]

Digital Cemetery Map Benefits

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Digital cemetery map streamlines cemetery operations. If deciphering scribbles is something that you don’t want as part of your everyday life any longer, that could be reason enough to migrate your cemetery to an online interactive map. Other than optimizing space and inventory, there are a host of other benefits a digital cemetery map provides: […]

Cemetery Mapping Services: Let’s get digital

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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

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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

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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 […]