Tuesday, June 16. 2009

The Challenges of Putting Cemetery Records into a GIS

The Worcester Telegram highlights the challenges one small town, Northboro, MA, is having getting its handwritten cemetery records into a digital, searchable form.

[Director of Public Works Kara] Buzanoski’s goal is to one day be able to type a name into a search bar and have a record, complete with burial coordinates, show up on a computer screen within seconds. Software for a searchable database would cost at least $5,000, she said, and a geographic information system, or GIS, map would cost at least $10,000. The DPW’s budget for this year already has been depleted, and next year may not be any better.

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They should call Geographic Information Services, Inc. in Birmingham, AL for a solution. The company used to market a custom app written on top of ArcView 3.2 for precisely this problem. They're no longer selling the app, but certainly have the experience.

#1 Archie Belaney on 2009-06-16 09:15 (Reply)

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