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[http://www.billiongraves.com BillionGraves] is a newer site that allows users to download an app for their iPhone or Android device (for Android users, the website will indicate which Android devices do NOT work with their app), then go out to a cemetery and take pictures of the headstones. The app tags the photos with the GPS location, thus it effectively maps the cemetery, which makes it easy to find the location on the web or on the smartphone app. This site is very new, so coverage is not to the level of Find A Grave or Interment.net, but thousands of headstones are photographed and uploaded every week to the site. | [http://www.billiongraves.com BillionGraves] is a newer site that allows users to download an app for their iPhone or Android device (for Android users, the website will indicate which Android devices do NOT work with their app), then go out to a cemetery and take pictures of the headstones. The app tags the photos with the GPS location, thus it effectively maps the cemetery, which makes it easy to find the location on the web or on the smartphone app. This site is very new, so coverage is not to the level of Find A Grave or Interment.net, but thousands of headstones are photographed and uploaded every week to the site. | ||
==== Names in Stone ==== | ==== Names in Stone ==== | ||
[http://www.namesinstone.com Names in Stone] is another site that uses GPS technology to map cemeteries. | [http://www.namesinstone.com Names in Stone] is another site that uses GPS technology to map cemeteries. An additional feature is that the site partners with cemeteries to add new headstone photos to the site on a regular basis since often a cemetery is still having burials take place. There are other mapping features on the site too. | ||
==== Waymarking.com Worldwide Cemeteries ==== | |||
[http://www.waymarking.com/cat/details.aspx?f=1&guid=205c956b-25b3-47fe-9fb1-2c758098e5cb&st=2 Waymarking.com Worldwide Cemeteries] is a new project to geolocate any cemetery or burial place anywhere in the world and 'waymark' it so that anyone can find it should they go to the location. Some locations will have photos, all will have GPS coordinates although in a few cases that can be somewhat off so verify what you find with Google Maps, Bing Maps, or other searchable mapping site. No actual data is here, only the geolocation data and occasionally some other information about the cemetery. | |||
[[Category:Cemeteries]] | [[Category:Cemeteries]] | ||