{"id":10528,"date":"2024-01-25T09:02:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T09:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=10528"},"modified":"2024-05-13T18:29:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T18:29:14","slug":"precision-pictures-and-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=10528","title":{"rendered":"Precision, Pictures, and Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"705\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flat-stone-1024x705.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flat-stone-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flat-stone-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flat-stone-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/flat-stone.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been writing about tombstone pictures on Genealogy Tip of the Day. As time has gone on, I have become a bigger fan of taking overview photos to provide perspective and indicate the location of the stone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes I get told &#8220;GPS&#8221; will take care of that. I understand how GPS works. It&#8217;s worth noting how close some stones are together and potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gps.gov\/systems\/gps\/performance\/accuracy\/#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20GPS%2Denabled%20smartphones,source%20at%20ION.org).\">inaccuracies with GPS precision based on this article on gps.gov<\/a>. I also know that sometimes it&#8217;s easier to have a visual to see relative positions instead of numbers indicating position. Images such as the one in this post can be used to create maps (hand drawn or digital) of appropriate sections of the cemetery showing relative positions of stones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tend to be borderline excessive in my taking of photographs at cemeteries because I do not want to miss anything and I like the landscape photos that show relative positions of stones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do not just rely on GPS. Pictures can be worth a thousand words. Take them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/mapscaping.com\/how-accurate-is-gps\/\">article on GPS accuracy on Mapscaping.com indicates some phones accuracy  can by off by 33 to 66 feet. <\/a>It&#8217;s worth noting that adjacent stones can be much closer than that distance and that if you are moving around while taking pictures&#8211;which you obviously would be&#8211;trees may be impacting the accuracy of your location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been writing about tombstone pictures on Genealogy Tip of the Day. As time has gone on, I have become a bigger fan of taking overview photos to provide perspective and indicate the location of the stone. Sometimes I get told &#8220;GPS&#8221; will take care of that. I understand how GPS works. It&#8217;s worth noting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10942,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10528\/revisions\/10942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}