<div dir="auto">I also wondered about progressively mapping cemeteries previously, there are websites that allow people who live too far from a cemetery to request that someone locally take a photo of an ancestor's grave. My local cemeteries are labelled by area, but each area can contain dozens of graves. Mapping row numbers would massively simplify finding particular plots.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">eg</div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.findagrave.com/photo-request/search/cemetery/880537?sortBy=newest&searchRadius=5">https://www.findagrave.com/photo-request/search/cemetery/880537?sortBy=newest&searchRadius=5</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 14 Feb 2021, 19:48 Mark Goodge, <<a href="mailto:mark@good-stuff.co.uk">mark@good-stuff.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 14/02/2021 16:29, David Woolley wrote:<br>
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> I have come across graveyards that have no photography rules (the one in <br>
> question had a relatively famous grave), and I think others sell grave <br>
> catalogue information, so might not appreciate OSM mappers (they are <br>
> private property).<br>
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Most graveyards and cemeteries belong either to the church they are <br>
associated with or the local authority (usually the parish council if <br>
there is one, otherwise the district or unitary authority). While <br>
technically private in the sense of not being dedicated as a public <br>
right of way, they are almost always open to access by the public - not <br>
least because the owners of individual burial plots have a right of <br>
access, and it would be impractical to restrict access to such people <br>
alone. So, provided you do it reasonably discreetly, and don't disturb <br>
people who are there to visit graves, I can't see any real objection to <br>
people accessing the site to help map it.<br>
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(In fact, the legislation governing municipal cemeteries includes a <br>
clause prohibiting entry to a cemetery when it is closed to the public; <br>
the existence of that clause implies that, when not closed, it is open <br>
to the public!)<br>
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A "no photography" rule is, usually, also about protecting the privacy <br>
of people visiting the graves of their friends and relatives. It's a <br>
location were people may well be in an emotional state (particularly if <br>
the grave is a recent one and they were close to its occupant), and the <br>
last thing they want is to end up in someone else's photo gallery.<br>
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As for selling catalogue information, that's usually made available for <br>
the benefit of visitors to the graveyard and the cost is merely a way to <br>
defray the expenses incurred in maintaining the catalogue (and, if it's <br>
supplied on paper, the printing and materials costs). It's rarely a <br>
profit-making exercise. So they may well welcome the work of volunteer <br>
mappers who would be producing data that can be used in a catalogue.<br>
<br>
Mark<br>
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