GIS Is Everywhere! Online Cemetery Makes Tough Visits Easier

One of Adelaide’s largest cemeteries – famous as the site of Sir Donald Bradman’s funeral – can add another unique story to the pages of its history: becoming the nation’s first cemetery to use world-leading technology to take their graveyard online.

Centennial Park Cemetery has used Esri Australia’s Geographic Information System technology to create a website that maps the location of graves so visitors can easily find information about their loved one’s final resting place.

The website will be joined by a mobile phone application to be released later this year, meaning visitors will be able to navigate their way around 40.5 hectare cemetery from the palm of their hands.

“We’ve made that difficult process a little easier to deal with by providing visitors with everything they need to know at their fingertips.

“People can access records of their ancestors and view detailed maps so that they know exactly where to visit before they leave the house.

“With GIS technology, all the information and maps are there at the click of a button, hopefully making potentially difficult visits a little easier."

Read the full article about this just released use of the GIS technology.