What a wonderful idea - tho I am not as upto date with phones as Lynda .... so unfortunately havent got a phone that will download this application - though you are able to register and help by translating the headstones ... and will remember this application when I do get a modern phone !! Thanks Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynda Hirst" <lynda.hirst@gmail.com> To: <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 7:27 AM Subject: [GLA] GLAMORGAN Digest > Wow! I thought I'd share this with everyone so forgive me if it's > common knowledge and seems like I'm touting - I'm truly not touring but > am excited by it.... > > I've just received my first ever android smart phone so have been > trolling around, as you do, to find what apps might suit my interests. > Imagine my delight when I came across an application called Billion > Graves.... > > Basically -- anyone with a smart phone can participate and help map out > every grave in every cemetery simply by taking a photo of each headstone > on their smartphone and recording it's location automatically -- the > photos are uploaded to the website and automatically added to the > database so anyone can search for and see the headstone/details - you > can transcribe the info quickly online. > > > I'm off to my local cemetery here in Christchurch NZ tomorrow to make a > start! I imagine there's a huge number of fellow researchers out there > looking for graves so this is such an interesting option to be able to > use... > > Cheers > Lynda > -- > > To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com > GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html > - > A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be > found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ > > - > The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and > http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message