During the summer of 2007, members of Hopeworks GEB mapped the graves of Civil War veterans in Harleigh Cemetery. The team included: Nefertiti Bryant, Patrick Osborne, Rebecca Schelmety, and Luis Rosa. First, they located the grave by using the cemetery map. After locating the grave they took a picture of the tombstone and then used a GPS unit to mark the grave. That allowed them to make a map of the cemetery that shows all of the veterans’ graves. Our map shows the location of the grave and a picture of the stone, and it has information about each soldier. This project was a great learning experience. The team learned a lot about data collection, image manipulation, Google Earth, and the Civil War.
To view the map on your own computer, follow these steps:
1. Download Google Earth and install the application. (free of charge)
2. Click here to download the Harleigh Civil War Veteran file.
3. Open the .kml file in Google Earth to view our map.
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