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Mapping cemeteries for class – how students used phones and drones to help a city count its headstones

By Robbyn Abbitt, Associate Director of the Geospatial Analysis Center, Miami University

If you told me a decade ago that I’d become an expert in mapping cemeteries, I would’ve laughed and been very confused about the dramatic turn my professional life must’ve taken at some point.

I’m an environmental scientist who specializes in geospatial technology, which involves analyzing the Earth and how geography plays a role in human societies. I use these tools…

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