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Olathe Cemetery Project Part II Summer of 2007 Amanda Bakley GIS Intern.

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1 Olathe Cemetery Project Part II Summer of 2007 Amanda Bakley GIS Intern

2 Recap on the Cemetery Project ► Match the name, and picture of the headstone with physical location ► Using ArcGIS/ArcPad on Trimble GPS with GPS-Photo Link Software

3 Problems Encountered/Lessons Learned ► 1074 GPS points didn’t link up with the photos ► Losing satellite signal in the afternoons ► 3 people are better than 1 ► Heat/Bugs ► Another person doing a similar Project ► U of Arkansas Archeology class doing similar project. ► Way too much about cemeteries.

4 Johnson County Digital Cemetery ► Linda K. Lewis and volunteers collecting electronic records of all of the cemeteries in Johnson County ► Only has 993 pictures of Olathe Memorial Cemetery soon to add 3000 more ► All over Kansas City Metro Image Courtesy of the Digital Cemetery Project, Copyright 2007, Linda K. Lewis. All Rights Reserved.

5 Woolford Farms Horse Cemetery ► Located around 81 st and Mission Rd. ► Lawrin the only KY derby winner buried here ► Lawrin’s father Insco and son are also buried here

6 Evergreen Cemetery ► Archeology Class Project ► Looking for historical patterns ► Headstone types ► Demographic Analysis

7 Evergreen’s Use of GIS Birth YearDeath Year

8 What we hope to get completed ► Every marker in the cemetery ► Link the photos ► Keep the cemetery up to date ► Analysis- Avg. age of death, age of death compared to the year Age at Death


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