Saturday, August 19, 2006

Google Map a Grave

I recently came across findagrave.com. They compile information on gravesites and cemetaries. It's got a very cool "celebrity" search tool. While I was looking up Miles Davis and Duke Ellington, who I knew were buried in my hometown of Da Bronx in Woodlawn Cemetary, I noticed that the records contained GPS coordinates and a Google map link. I then used the satellite view feature to get a cool birdseye view and discovered that they are buried a mere 47 feet from each other! Lots of famous and infamous are buried at woodlawn. A very cool place if you're into that sort of thing. An excellent use of google maps too!

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