Introduction
o Provide background to the problem at hand. What are the problems and challenges facing Hadleyville cemetery?
Hadleyville cemetery is currently without any maps or records of the plots on their land. This poses potential problems for the visitors to the lot who don't have information on where their family members or friends are buried. This could also pose problems to the county of Eau Claire as they could sell the same lot to multiple people without any records on the plots.
o Why is the loss of original maps and records a particular challenge for this project.
Without the the original maps and records, there is no basis of knowledge to collect the headstone's available information. This also makes all records of dire importance to record everything collected as best as possible.
o How will GIS provide a solution to this problem?
GIS will provide a solution through providing the clearest information possible to the client. It will provide both a map and the information recorded to the county.
o What makes this a GIS project, and not a simple map?
This is a GIS project through the type of information being collected. Spatial data would be best stored on a GIS format, so the result of this will provide a clear result.
o What equipment are you going to use to gather the data needed to construct the GIS?
A GPS unit will be used to complete the project.
o What are the overall objectives of your proposal?
The overall objectives are to provide an easy to use map-service to the county of Eau Claire. This will allow the cemetery to give visitors the option to look online for the exact location of their friend or family member's burial plot.
o Why is the loss of original maps and records a particular challenge for this project.
Without the the original maps and records, there is no basis of knowledge to collect the headstone's available information. This also makes all records of dire importance to record everything collected as best as possible.
o How will GIS provide a solution to this problem?
GIS will provide a solution through providing the clearest information possible to the client. It will provide both a map and the information recorded to the county.
o What makes this a GIS project, and not a simple map?
This is a GIS project through the type of information being collected. Spatial data would be best stored on a GIS format, so the result of this will provide a clear result.
o What equipment are you going to use to gather the data needed to construct the GIS?
A GPS unit will be used to complete the project.
o What are the overall objectives of your proposal?
The overall objectives are to provide an easy to use map-service to the county of Eau Claire. This will allow the cemetery to give visitors the option to look online for the exact location of their friend or family member's burial plot.
Methods
o What is the sampling technique you chose to use? Why?
The sampling technique chosen was to plot out the cemetery as a grid. Each row will be given a letter and each column will be given a number. Each plot will be assigned a number and a letter on this grid. The technique will allow for the visitor to find the burial plot much easier than it currently is.
o What is the accuracy of the equipment you are intending to use? (Be sure to cover each piece of equipment)
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| Figure 1: Picture of Hadleyville Cemetery with a grid overlay. |
o How was the data entered/recorded? Why did you choose this data entry method?
The data will be recorded on a GPS hand-held unit. This data entry method will allow the precise location of points.
o How will you transfer the data you gather into a GIS?
The GPS will allow the data points to be transferred over to GIS very easily.
o What drawbacks are there to the method you propose? How to the pros outweigh the cons of this method?
The biggest potential drawback is that the burial plots won't be evenly line up and the grid won't work as well as hoped. The pros outweight the cons because the grid will be even enough to work so that a visitor can walk down the row and count out the letters to find their plot with ease.
The GPS will allow the data points to be transferred over to GIS very easily.
o What drawbacks are there to the method you propose? How to the pros outweigh the cons of this method?
The biggest potential drawback is that the burial plots won't be evenly line up and the grid won't work as well as hoped. The pros outweight the cons because the grid will be even enough to work so that a visitor can walk down the row and count out the letters to find their plot with ease.
Conclusion
o How do your methods transfer to the overall objectives of your proposal?
The methods will transfer to the overall objectives because in a GIS map-service a grid will allow the user to view the location of the burial plot with ease compared to walking around with no clue as to where to go.
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