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A website and mobile app that provides the user with a detailed map of Arlington National Cemetery, the United States military cemetery. The map is composited from satellite photography overlaid with a street map. Users may search for a specific…

A memorial website that records the names and details of the 10,608 people who were buried at Balmain Cemetery in Sydney between 1868 and 1912, before the cemetery was demolished and converted into a public park (Pioneer Memorial Park).

A crowdsourced online database of graves with GPS locations. Users upload details about each grave including its location, basic biographical details of the deceased, a transcription of the headstone and photographs of the gravesite. Mobile app…

A prototype augmented reality (AR) system for use in a historical cemetery. It is a set of binoculars (handheld or fixed to the ground) that provide a visual AR overlay on specific areas of the cemetery to provide further information about their…

A prototype installation designed to prompt visitors to investigate out-of-the-way paths or landmarks in a cemetery, without giving them specific information or requiring them to look down at their phone. It is a solar-powered box that projects an…

A crowdsourced online database of graves in Canada. Users upload details about each grave including its location, basic biographical details of the deceased, a transcription of the headstone and photographs of the gravesite.

A mobile app designed to facilitate a self-guided audio tour of the Common Cemetery (Almen Kirkegård) in Aalborg, Denmark. The app displays a map that shows the user's location as determined by GPS, plus walking directions to a series of points of…

A mobile app that provides a searchable directory of war graves for servicemen and women who died in World War I and World War II. The app is provided by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, an intergovernmental organisation that is responsible…

A prototype system for facilitating self-guided tours of a cemetery. The system is composed of two parts. The first part is a "book-like device" that the visitor carries with them as they walk around the cemetery. The second part is a network of…

A crowdsourced online database of cemeteries, graves and memorials. Individual graves are listed with basic biographical details about the deceased person, such as their name, birth date, death date and burial location, as well as photographs of the…