Case studies

Cemeteries that found their ground truth.

How cemetery boards and staff replaced guesswork with one accurate map, and what changed once they did.

Case study 1 · Radar & survey

[Cemetery Name One]

Unrecorded burials located before new plots went on sale.

Case study 2 · Records

[Cemetery Name Two]

A century of ledgers and deeds reconciled to one map.

Case study 3 · GIS & planning

[Cemetery Name Three]

A staff app, public grave search and a plan for the next section.

Case study 1 · Radar & survey

[Cemetery Name One]

A historic cemetery that needed to know what was really under its open ground before selling a single new plot.

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Location: [City, State]
Established: [Year]
Size: [XX] acres
Interments: [X,XXX]

Ground penetrating radarSurvey & GPSDrone imagery

The challenge

[Describe the problem: e.g. open ground marked "available" on the old map, but staff suspected unmarked burials from the cemetery's early years.]

What Avanim did

[Describe the work: e.g. radar scanning of the open sections, survey-grade GPS of every marker, and a drone base map of the full site.]

The outcome

[Describe the result: e.g. unrecorded burials were flagged and protected, and the remaining plots were confirmed and released for sale.]

[XX]unrecorded burials located

[X.X] acresscanned with radar

[XXX]plots confirmed available

[X] weeksfrom field work to final map

"[Client testimonial: one or two sentences about the confidence they now have in their open ground.]"[Name], [Title], [Cemetery Name One]

Case study 2 · Records reconciliation

[Cemetery Name Two]

A cemetery whose ledgers, deeds and maps had drifted apart over a hundred years of hand-kept records.

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Location: [City, State]
Established: [Year]
Size: [XX] acres
Interments: [X,XXX]

Records reconciliationHeadstone photosGIS data layer

The challenge

[Describe the problem: e.g. lot ownership questions took days to answer, and the deed, ledger and map often disagreed.]

What Avanim did

[Describe the work: e.g. scanned every ledger and deed, photographed each headstone, and matched every record to one surveyed plot.]

The outcome

[Describe the result: e.g. conflicts were resolved with the board, and staff now answer ownership questions in minutes.]

[X,XXX]records matched to plots

[XXX]record conflicts resolved

[X,XXX]headstones photographed

[XX]%faster family inquiries

"[Client testimonial: one or two sentences about finally trusting their records.]"[Name], [Title], [Cemetery Name Two]

Case study 3 · GIS map & planning

[Cemetery Name Three]

A growing cemetery that needed a live map for staff, a grave search for families and a clear plan for future space.

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Location: [City, State]
Established: [Year]
Size: [XX] acres
Interments: [X,XXX]

GIS map & staff appPublic grave searchSection planning

The challenge

[Describe the problem: e.g. the board could only estimate remaining capacity, and visitors relied on the office to find graves.]

What Avanim did

[Describe the work: e.g. built an Esri GIS map and staff app, launched a public grave search, and engineered a layout for the next section.]

The outcome

[Describe the result: e.g. a counted inventory guides sales, families find graves on their own, and expansion is planned years ahead.]

[XX] yearsof capacity identified

[X,XXX]grave searches by families

[XXX]new plots in the planned section

[X]staff trained on the app

"[Client testimonial: one or two sentences about how the map changed daily operations.]"[Name], [Title], [Cemetery Name Three]

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