Can you accommodate infant/child sections and cremains areas where features may be smaller or shallower?
Yes. Sentry Mapping can survey infant or child sections and cremains areas by using high-frequency GPR with tighter scan spacing, then tying results to precise GPS coordinates. We map these smaller, shallower features in your cemetery GIS as clear plot types. Detectability still depends on soil and how the interments were installed.
Sentry Mapping’s cemetery mapping approach can be applied for infant and child sections and for cremains areas where features can be smaller or shallower than standard casket burials. During a ground penetrating radar cemetery survey, we use high-frequency antennas and can tighten scan line spacing to capture more detail. In many cemeteries, graves in the typical 3–6 ft range are well within reach, and scans can read to about 12 ft when conditions allow.
For these sections, we pair GPR grave locating with above-ground “as-built” mapping and any records you have, so the final burial plot mapping matches your real layout.
After processing, you receive a printed master map plus digital cemetery mapping layers delivered through a searchable web map. With our cemetery management software program, you can tag plot types (infant, child, cremains), add custom data fields, attach documents, and track availability status. This makes it easier to protect sensitive areas, avoid accidental re-use, and answer families with confidence.