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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…

A crowdsourced online database of cemetery records hosted on the genealogy site WikiTree. Cemeteries are listed with details of their name and location, along with a list of the people interred therein and details of the deceased people such as their…

A prototype media installation designed to create the appearance of a stone gravestone with moving imagery on its face. The prototype was made out of a wooden frame and transparent acrylic sheet painted to look like stone, with imagery back-projected…

A crowdsourced online database of cemetery records. Cemeteries are listed with details of their name, location and history, along with a list of the people interred therein and details such as their birth date, death date, spouse's name, gravestone…

A temporary networked system that was set up at a legacy cemetery in Cambridge, UK, to encourage visitors to engage with the cemetery in new ways. The system comprised indoor and outdoor components. The outdoor components were mobile devices given…

A prototype augmented reality (AR) application designed for use at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore. The app runs on an Android mobile device and is designed to recognise landmarks such as tombstones when they are presented to the camera, using a…

A three-dimensional hologram of a tree that is designed for use at a cemetery or other memorial space, to allow users to express their sorrow at the death of their loved ones. Users interact with the tree by sending short text messages to its…

The US National Cemetery Administration registry of graves of military veterans and their families. The provides a search function to look up burial records, drawn from various government sources, and locate the corresponding gravesite.

A three-dimensional scale model of the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, home to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Camposanto Monumentale (Monumental Cemetery). The model is designed to allow blind or visually impaired people to gain an…

A crowdsourced online database of genealogical records, including details about cemeteries and graveyards as well as census and legal records. Cemetery records include photographs of headstones and transcriptions of the information available on or…