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Olathe Cemetery Project Part II Summer of 2007 Amanda Bakley GIS Intern
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Evergreen Cemetery ► Archeology Class Project ► Looking for historical patterns ► Headstone types ► Demographic Analysis
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Evergreen’s Use of GIS Birth YearDeath Year
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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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