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From: "PABROWN" <>
Subject: Re: CEMETERY-D Digest V98 #28
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 14:01:35 -0500


Hi

Where can I purchase or obtain software on plotting? I survey cemeteries
but also plot land warrants. I could really really use a good software
program. Also, to get more information on the cemetery dimensions contact
the owner of the cemetery and I am sure they would oblige in copying the
original survey of the cemetery.

Pam Brown
Showalter Historian

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> From: Steven Byars <>
> To:
> Subject: Re: CEMETERY-D Digest V98 #28
> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 1998 5:47 PM
>
> Sayeth Bob Young < > upon 1/21/98 4:10 AM:
>
> >The one area I think I need the most help with is in creating plot maps
> >for the old cemeteries. It is certainly more involved than just
> >sketching something on graph paper. Any ideas would be welcome -
> >especially if it has worked for you.
>
> Like Bob, I'm a newbie here, and almost turned the digest off imediately
> due to the off-topic flamewar. I don't know any of you folk, and don't
> have any time or effort invested in maillist yet, but I don't think I'm
> as much out of line as you are if I say, 'take it elsewhere!'
>
> More on-topic:
>
> For cemetery surveys I work alone, I suggest that two or three working
> together as a team (and as many teams as you can manage) is a much better

> proposition. Before I work on a cemetery I look it over and get an idea
> of what I'm going to be working with. No tools other than my eyes and a
> notepad.
>
> Next I create the approximate number of data sheets I'm going to need for

> that cemetery preheaded with the name of the cemetery and such.
>
> When I get back to the cemetery I decide on a working pattern (by row or
> section or whatever, depending on the layout and size of the cemetery). I

> draw a quick sketch of the cemetery so that I can keep track of what I
> have and haven't done (what memory? <g>). I carry a couple of metal
> skewers about a foot long and a 250' steel tape measure. I pin the
> surveyor's tape measure to one border (I try to measure everything from
> one common border) and run it down the row of markers. That gives me a
> linear baseline to measure from. At the end, I lock the tape and use the
> second skewer and a long spring to keep the tape taut.
>
> I use a hand tape to take the marker measurments, recording size, shape
> and material as I go. My hand tape is a 25' tape, so I can easily measure

> all but the very largest plots in one pass. I use a digital camera (both
> a Casio QV-10a and a QV-300, both of which work very well for this
> purpose at low resolution) to record the information on the markers,
> recording the frame numbers on the datasheets.
>
> When I get home I first record the found data in the database (I use
> Filemaker Pro) as well as the picture I took. Along with the other
> revelant data I record the date of my survey. I'm very interested in what

> data others record to compare against my solo effort.
>
> My next step is to create a plot drawing (I use the drafting program
> Dreams, and oldy but goody). Everything is to scale and patterned/colored

> to reflect the various materials, both for markers and groundcover.
>
> The one cemetery that I have completely finished came out very well I
> think, but was quite time-consuming. I'm interested in ways of speeding
> the process. I'd rather be thorough than quick, but I'm not too sure how
> far to go in either direction.
>
> STEVE
>
> Holiday wish list: Motorhome; G3 Computer; My Family File. Please don't
> feel limited to one gift.
>
>
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