Geog 336
Charlie Krueger and Amanda Senger
Hadleyville Cemetery Map – Field Assignment 1
Introduction
o Provide background to the problem at hand. What are the
problems and challenges facing Hadleyville cemetery?
Deputy Clerk / Treasurer Dale Welke and Clerk / Treasurer Jennifer
Meyer of the Town of Pleasant Valley contacted the University of Wisconsin Eau
Claire Geography Department to request assistance with mapping the headstones
at the Hadleyville Cemetery on County Road HH (Section 04, Twn 25N Range 9W).
There is currently no record of the location of burial plots or information
about the individuals buried there. The headstones date back to the 1800’s and
several of them are in bad disrepair due to erosion or are broken or missing.
o Why is the loss of original maps and records a particular
challenge for this project.
The lack of recorded information poses a problem on burial
plots where the headstone is broken, illegible, or missing. Individual names,
year of death and birth year will need to be deciphered as best as possible but
may not be attainable in every case. Plots with headstones missing are unmarked
and have the potential to be overlooked. This could lead to the plot being sold
again, a situation the Town of Pleasant Valley would like to avoid.
o How will GIS provide a solution to this problem?
Using GIS tools, a map of the Hadleyville Cemetery
containing locations of all known burial plots and photos and info about known
headstones can be created. This map can be used by the public and the Town of
Pleasant Valley as a record of individuals buried in the Hadleyville Cemetery
and also as a map of preexisting burial plot locations.
o What makes this a GIS project, and not a simple map?
Attributes such as the name and sex of individuals, years of
birth and death, and condition/composition of headstone will be recorded.
Photos of the headstones will also be incorporated into the final interactive
map.
o What equipment are you going to use to gather the data
needed to construct the GIS?
Photos will be taken using an Android device and an EXIF
script used to pull the lat/long coordinates for use in a GIS program.
A drone [?] provided by the university will be used to gain
aerial information within 2cm accuracy.
o What are the overall objectives of your proposal?
The proposed value added GIS product is an interactive map
of the Hadleyville Cemetery including photopoints of each distinguishable
headstone, outlined locations of each known burial plot, and information about
the individual buried in each plot.
Methods
o What is the sampling technique you chose to use? Why?
Photopoints were used taking an Android device. These
photos, in conjunction with an EXIF script, provides GPS coordinates of the
headstone in the photo. This sampling technique allowed for ease of access for
the surveyors by making use of free downloadable scripts, provided software,
and accessible devices.
Base data of the Hadleyville Cemetery will be provided via
the aerial imaging drone.
o What
is the accuracy of the equipment you are intending to use? (Be sure to cover
each piece of equipment)
o How
was the data entered/recorded? Why did you choose this data entry method?
o How will you transfer the data you gather into a GIS
Using the EXIF tool, the coordinates will be extracted and
can then be downloaded into ArcMap.
o What drawbacks are there to the method you propose? How to
the pros outweigh the cons of this method?
This method will work well for legible headstones and
headstones that are clearly visible. However, plots with headstones that are
missing will be difficult to identify using photopoints, but considering the
current lack of information, documentation of the legible headstones is a
welcome development.
Conclusion
o How do your methods transfer to the overall objectives of
your proposal?
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