What is cemetery mapping?
Cemetery mapping is the process of creating an accurate, searchable map of every grave and plot in a cemetery, including unmarked burials. Using tools like GPS, GIS, aerial imagery, and ground penetrating radar, Sentry Mapping documents exact locations so you can protect graves, avoid double-sold plots, and guide visitors quickly.
Cemetery mapping is the process of documenting where every burial and plot sits, then turning that into a map your staff and visitors can search. Done right, it combines surface features like rows, roads, and sections with what is below ground.
Sentry Mapping provides professional cemetery mapping across the 48 contiguous United States using survey-grade GPS, cemetery GIS mapping, drone or aerial imagery, and ground penetrating radar cemetery scans for unmarked grave detection. Depending on your needs, that may include:
– Burial Plot Mapping to mark each gravesite and redraw plot lines
– Grave Locating for a specific missing or unmarked burial
– Cemetery Survey and Drafting to build an accurate as-built map even when paper records are wrong or missing
– Web Maps for Cemeteries that are clickable and searchable with no annual fee
Your deliverables typically include a printed master map plus a digital cemetery map you can open online to search names, view plot details, and see where space is sold, reserved, or available. For ongoing record work, Sentry also offers Cemetery Management Software with Chronicle, with two years of free Chronicle Viewer access when you partner, so you can keep the map and records current over time.