Until recently, finding your way around the almost 100 hectares (243 acres!) of The City of Calgary’s five cemeteries and one indoor mausoleum was a challenging task. But with the strategic thinking of Calgary Parks, tapping into an existing technology has made it easier and quicker for staff and Calgarians to get where they want to be in The City’s cemeteries.
The new tool is the Cemetery App on Calgary.ca. It allows you to type a loved one’s name into a search bar and then shows you exactly on a map, where in one of The City cemeteries or mausoleums your loved one is located.
The application saves time for Parks employees, who used to handle calls or 311 requests to find the information from more than 138,000 records in the database. Citizens can now serve themselves to find plots, whether they are at home or at a City owned cemetery with their mobile device. The data gets updated daily, so the information is always reliable and accurate. Not only does it help Calgarians, but also businesses, such as monument companies, quickly get to the right location. It will especially be useful on weekends when the cemetery offices are closed.
The new cemetery app is located on the The City of Calgary’s Map Gallery on Calgary.ca which has almost 50 apps and maps to help the Calgarians find location-based information. The web address is maps.calgary.ca.
