VAMLIS Mission The Virginia Association for Mapping and Land Information Systems is a professional association in Virginia designed to provide educational and networking opportunities for professionals who have an interest in the mapping sciences in Virginia.
With more gravestones than address points, the Town of Culpeper embarked on a years-long project to inventory and map the historic Fairview Cemetery. Since this is an active Cemetery, the Town Clerk’s office needed a way to know what spots are still available, where decedents are located, and the potential for the creation of new burial plots. This discussion will show how the Town of Culpeper GIS department, in collaboration with the Town Clerk, created a public search application and an internal editing application that allows the Clerk’s office to manage the Cemetery on their own while giving the public in-depth information about availability and location of decedents.
