1. Digitizing the san Marcos cemetery
Progress Report
Johnathan Phillips
Colton Love
Daniel Tittle

2. Background City of San Marcos Collect data to map the cemetery
Cemetery is getting full
Partner with Texas State to gather data for Pontem

3. Tasks Collect GPS data for required portion of the San Marcos Cemetery
Explore spatial resolution of available GPS devices
Model the layout of the San Marcos Cemetery
Apply the Pontem software methodology and file geodatabase architecture to collected data.

4. Progress on Task 1 Collect GPS data on sections A1-A3 in the Ramsay Addition
In Progress
Section A3 is completed after several trials of different collection methods.
Met with Ron and Pete on the 19th and solidified data collection method.
Collect data for the Section and Block boundary, we digitize the individual graves.
Section A2 will be completed by the deadline.

5. Progress on Task 2 Explore spatial resolution of available GPS devices.
Completed
Three GPS units available
The Trimble GeoXT has the most accuracy.
50 cm accuracy on average.
Average of 7 satellites in the field.

6. Progress on Task 3 Model the layout of the San Marcos Cemetery
In Progress
Section A3 is completed - a preliminary map is on the next slide
Further sections will be added as the data is collected
Data collection and map creation will continue through week of November 19th

8. Progress on Task 4 Apply the Pontem software methodology and file geodatabase architecture to collected data.
In Progress
Most of A3 has had the attributes populated consistent with Pontems’ standard.
Waiting on creating a file geodatabase until data is near complete.

9. Conclusion Everything is going well.
We will continue to collect GPS data on almost every Monday and Wednesday.
Post Processing of the GPS data happens either the day of collection or soon after.
Changes to the attribute data may happen depending on how the Citys database is laid out.

10. Questions?