Mt. Hope Cemetery Stone Inventory Eric Wilson, Tom McKay and Bethany Williams

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

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

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

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 In the end…

Opportunities for the data Historic Preservation Encourage Conservation Search Genealogy

Comparison between City Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery

Civil War Spanish FluPolio Peak Comparison between City Cemetery and Mt. Hope Cemetery

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

Update Services in AGOL Download to Collector Capture Field Data Sync Backup Data from AGOL Create Services (Desktop) Planned Workflow

Challenges cont. Data Assembly Sync Stopped working  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

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

Delivery and Deployment Demo ArcGIS Online Web Map Online Access to Photos and Location Searchable Microsoft Access Database Custom Report Photos embedded in report

Collector for the future Subsurface Utility Engineering Survey Geospatial Stay away from attachments if possible

Challenges cont. Data Collection Powerless Power Packs Review Pilot Data Process Capture 1 point per stone or 1 point per name Scheduling Getting access to the GPS Time of Day for sun glare Battery for tablet Drove half day collection effort with afternoon cleanup Weather Heat Rain

Challenges Project Planning Device Selection Android vs Windows Collector not being on Windows Collection Method Could we get accuracy needed with handheld GPS Could Intern carry both How fast would the GPS lock Site Stones are not placed close together Travel time between stones Stones are hard to read Damage to the stones When and what to skip