NCA Digital History

Mapping Cemeteries

The work highlighted in the videos and maps available from this NCA Digital History webpage were supported by a separate Veterans Legacy Program funding stream than the contracts and grants work highlighted elsewhere on the UCF VLP website.

Dr. Amy Larner Giroux worked part-time as a Digital Historian for the National Cemetery Administration between 2017 and 2021. Dr. Giroux was tasked with testing various technologies for digitizing the physical spaces of our national cemeteries. St. Augustine National Cemetery in Florida was the testing site for 360-cameras, GPS transponders, terrestrial LiDAR scanners, and drones. The use of drones for mapping and 3D modeling was the most time and cost effective and the maps created by Dr. Giroux in the course of her work are linked below.

Please select the drone image below to learn about and explore Alexandria National Cemetery (VA), Black Hills National Cemetery (SD), Fort Meade National Cemetery (SD), Hot Springs National Cemetery (SD), Lakota Freedom Veterans Cemetery (SD), Sicangu Akicita Owicahe Tribal Veterans Cemetery (SD), and St. Augustine National Cemetery (FL).

Below the cemetery access are links to 360-videos for St. Augustine National Cemetery and Alexandria National Cemetery.

National Cemeteries

360 Videos of National Cemeteries

The following 360 videos are hosted on YouTube. They should show in 4k, but it sometimes takes some time for the 4k to load. Until it finishes loading, the video will look fuzzy. You can navigate the 360 with a mouse if viewing on a computer or with your finger if using a cellphone.

				
						St. Augustine National Cemetery Tour
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Gate
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Lodge

				
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Rear of Lodge
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Interpretive Sign
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Flagstaff

				
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Pursuers of Lincoln's Assassin
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Driveway near Lodge
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Old Photo Overlay

				
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Section A
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Center of Section A
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Broad View Section A

				
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Eagle under Flagstaff
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Rostrum
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Section A-1

				
						Alexandria National Cemetery, North of Flagstaff
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Lower Road
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Southwest Corner

				
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Section C
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Southeast Corner
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Section C Near Wall

				
						Alexandria National Cemetery, East Side of Section B
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Section B Near Tree
					
						Alexandria National Cemetery, Sovereign Brown Gravesite