GPS Datalogger for Grave Site and Cemetery Georeferencing as a Business.
If you have read our materials on Starting and Operating Your Own Grave Care Business, you already understand the economic potential of adding a georeferencing component to your business. GPS allows you to geo-tag individual grave sites as well as entire cemeteries.
In addition to georeferencing grave sites a GPS data logger gives you an ability to document your own presence at a particular grave site. This comes in handy should a remote customer ever question your work at their loved-one’s burial site.
We go further into business potentials in our program. The main purpose of this posting is to tell you about one of the most enduring GPS receivers still available today.
Turn-by-turn GPS vs. Hiking GPS
There are many GPS receivers on the market today. These days, when you hear the term GPS, you may think about the GPS many people have in their cars. While turn-by-turn GPS receivers are great for driving instructions, they are not ideal for our purposes here. Hiking GPS receivers are more inline with they type of GPS tool you will need to properly perform your functions.
There are several important functions your GPS must provide to be beneficial to your grave care business.
1) Easy to read, view, and navigate the menu.
2) Ability to set tracks, routes, and waypoints.
3) Compatibility with Google Earth, Other Aerial Programs, and/or Topographical Mapping Software.
We have found one particularly good GPS tool that has lasted us 5 years and helps us everyday in our datalogging tasks.
Garmin Etrex Legend
Our Garmin Etrex Legend has been our workhorse GPS for almost 5 years. We purchased the unit from Best Buy on sale for a little over $140. Though its price has dropped dramatically it’s quality has remained the same (and, through firmware upgrades, improved).
The Etrex Legend is water resistant, has a clear greyscale display, is easy to handle, and is intuitive.
Using a thumb-manipulated joystick and 5 side buttons, the user is able to navigate from screen to screen, set and name waypoints, breadcrumb tracks, and navigate routes.
The Garmin Legend connects to your laptop computer via a peripheral computer cable. Etrex Legend models are compatible with Google Earth which allows uploading of complete data sets ready to be synchronized with photographs or video of your grave care maintenance work.
For more information on how to perform this work, check our main web page: www.GraveCareBusiness.com
For the exact GPS unit we use in our daily work, check the Amazon.com link below. You can purchase it for one of the best prices available on the web.
The adventure pack including an Etrex Legend:
The etrex Legend