Mapping cemetery plots containing multiple burials

Overview

Cemetery mapping can be problematic with more than one internment in a plot. One way to get around this in parish Online is to generate multiple features sharing the same location.

Method

1.      Create a new layer for this use the Knowledge Base article Creating Map Layers

2.       Then add a feature to the layer Add, Edit and Delete Map Objects (Points, Lines and Polygons)

3.      Assuming step 1 has been completed and step 2 has been reviewed and understood. Select the Add Feature for the layer in question. On the feature editor dialog that appears select the polygon icon, then the drop down to select the preset feature size.

 

4.      Move the cross-hair cursor to the approximate position of the new rectangle and click. A dotted polygon will generate around that location. Use the circled corner to rotate the feature or click and drag it if the position is incorrect.

Once in position then Save

5.      To get a second object in exactly the same location use the copy to another layer icon. Select the feature, then the copy icon, then under the Select Layer dialog that appears next, pick the plot layer from the list.

6.      Repeat from the number of required objects at the same location. The images below illustrate the functionality. There are multiple rectangles but only one highlighted. The table shows that the different objects sharing the same location, so each can have the same plot number in the table to show they are located at the same location.

 

 

 

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