GIS and Cemeteries. Why make a map of a cemetery? Knowing what you own Knowing who is interred in the cemetery and where Historical Research

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1 GIS and Cemeteries Eric Wilson Why make a map of a cemetery? Knowing what you own Knowing who is interred in the cemetery and where Historical Research Stewardship Assessing Value Informed decision making 1

2 Do you need to map your cemetery? Yes and No Reasons for Management Size and Complexity Planning Growth Municipal Codes Reasons against Cost Hardware Software Time Who is going to update the data Data Maintenance Headaches If you decide to move forward Identify your goals and objectives Understand your finances Perform a needs analysis Identify existing data Identify data gaps No data/partial data Get a cost estimate Initial Data Gathering Accuracy and Attributes Continued Data Maintenance Off the Shelf Management Software? Get a consultant? Collect and maintain your data 2

3 Goals and Objectives What do I want to achieve? Inventory of headstones Inventory of uses Property Mapping Planning for the future What to collect Location Stone details Condition Property details Timeframe Finances What can I afford to do with what I have? What are my sources for funding? Municipal Funds Grants Donations Volunteers Options Complete it all with one lump sum project Phased project approach 3

4 Needs Analysis of the data What existing data sets do I have Existing GIS? Paper maps Hardcopy Cemetery Records Aerial Photography Historical Photographs Find-A-Grave Institutional knowledge Neighboring platted communities Deeds Gap Analysis Where am I starting from? (Scratch/Partial) What can I REALISTICALLY achieve with the sources at my disposal Costing How much will it cost to fill the data gaps and store the results digitally? Data Capture Data Storage Hardware/Software Maintenance Who will maintain the data? Who will pay to maintain the data? 4

5 Collecting and Maintaining How will you collect the data? Traditional Survey GPS Survey Walking survey with no GPS How will you store the data? Microsoft Access GIS Layer Enterprise Asset Management System How will you keep the data current? Daily/Monthly/Yearly Update? Who is going to update the data? Mt. Hope Example 5

6 10/13/16 Where and Why Mt. Hope Cemetery Historic African American Cemetery Where is Mt Hope? South Raleigh Fayetteville and Prospect Ave Why collect the data now? Many headstones are concrete or wood and are degrading Recent tornado created a need to capture the as is state of the stones Objective Move from the general paper map to a specific digital headstone inventory. 6

7 Who Client Raleigh City Cemeteries Preservation Inc. City Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery O Rorke Cemetery Timeframe 6 Weeks for data collection and delivery Staff 1 Intern 1 Analyst 1 Project Manager What we used Software Collector for ArcGIS Field work AGOL Repository ArcGIS Desktop Data cleanup Microsoft Access Merging data after collection Final Delivery Reporting 7

8 10/13/16 Hardware Used GPS Trimble Geo 7x Tablet Samsung Tab Pro T320 In the end What was captured? Location Accuracy (60cm, sub-meter) Capture method Photos Quality Attributes Inscription Scouted ahead and designed GDB to reflect most efficient data entry Post processed additions Photo rotation Spatial join on historical zones Historical registry number New grid number 8

9 10/13/16 In the end How did we check it? For each photo Name and Inscription verification Rotation verified Location verified What is the final product? ArcGIS Online Map Web App Builder Microsoft Access Database Searchable form and report File Geodatabase Photos as files (jpg, png etc.) not included Opportunities for the data Historic Preservation Encourage Conservation Search Genealogy 9

10 10/13/16 Comparison between City Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery Comparison between City Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery 10

11 Comparison between City Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery Mt. Hope Cemetery DODYear Civil War Count Spanish Flu Polio Peak City Cemetery DEATHYE Count Comparison between City Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery Average Age of Death City Cemetery DEATHYEAR Average Age of Death R² = Average Age of Death Mt. Hope Cemetery R² = DODYear Average Age of Death Mt. Hope Cemetery 11

12 10/13/16 Comparison - Columbia, SC Most affluent buried in Trinity Episcopal Cemetery Challenges Project Planning Device Selection Collection Method Site Data Collection Powerless Power Packs Review Pilot Data Process Scheduling Battery Weather 12

13 Create Services (Desktop) Planned Workflow Update Services in AGOL Backup Data from AGOL Download to Collector Sync Capture Field Data Challenges cont. Data Assembly Sync Stopped working L Upload not Download failures Collector still was able to collect not return data to AGOL We suspect Attachments were the problems (File Size) Download each day directly from the machine Merging Develop custom process outside of normal ESRI Kool-Aid process Used MS Access Avoid GlobalID Locks maintained in File GDB Additional QA/QC Non-spatial checks Duplicate entry Duplicate photos Final Construction Microsoft Access saved the day again 13

14 Create Services (Desktop) Merge Datasets Update Services Download to Collector Actual Workflow Reload Point Data with Object Data Loader Capture Field Data Reload Attachments using Simple Data Loader Sync Failure Manage GlobalID s in MS Access Copy Large Binary GDB to Dropbox Convert to Personal GDB (mdb) Exectute Runtime GDB to File GDB tool Download from Dropbox Delivery and Deployment Demo 14