Billion Graves
Billion Graves is a new app and website to build cemetery databases. The iPhone app allows you to go to cemeteries and take pictures of headstones. After taking the headstone photos, you upload them to the BillionGraves.com database. Anyone can help transcribe the headstones to build the database.
Gallery
There are many great features in Billion Graves. By using the app along with the website you have access to all the features available.
One of the best features about this app and website is the ability to see exactly where in the cemetery the headstones are located. By taking photos with your iPhone it geocodes the photos with metadata and the GPS location of the headstone.
One of the best features about this app and website is the ability to see exactly where in the cemetery the headstones are located. By taking photos with your iPhone it geocodes the photos with metadata and the GPS location of the headstone.
Notice on the picture above the little blue marker indicating where the headstone is in the cemetery. To view the exact example and a live demonstration of using the mapping feature, visit LeGay Beck's headstone page. To get to the map, click on "View on Map" link.
What if I don't have an iPhone or Android?
For those of you who don't have an iPhone or Android device, you can still use the website and all its features. You can also help contribute to transcribing headstones that others have taken pictures of. To learn more about transcribing headstones, visit the Participate page on Billion Graves.
Features
- Take photos of headstones using your iPhone or Android*
- Dashboard - view your statistics on how many cemeteries you have visited and headstones uploaded
- View nearby cemeteries
- Add cemeteries
- View all the photos you have taken
- View where headstones are located in cemeteries
Download Billion Graves App
