Effective: 08 Jun 2008

(1.)   In 1978, our Department of Defense started to create a network of 24 satellites intended for military applications. This was called the Global Positioning System (GPS). They wanted to give field soldiers the ability to tell where they were located, in what direction they were going, and how far they had to go.  The satellite network was completed in 1994. In the 1980's, the government made it available for civilian use. 

(2.)   Project / Human Resources:

        Founders:  Gary F. Flynn (KE8FD) & Paul M. Kankula (NN8NN)

        Engineering by:  Jim Malone & Don Flynn (K5IMC)

        Map Donated by:  SCIway.net / Cedric Baele   

        Typing by:  Vivian Parkman

PAUL M. KANKULA, ( nn8nn@bellsouth.net ), is a General Electric Company Electrical Sales Engineer retiree from the Detroit MI area. Hobbies are computers, database compiling, website design, and ham radio (NN8NN).  Paul's title is USGenWeb County Coordinator and he manages the SC Cemetery GPS Project, along with the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens County GenWeb Projects.  His 3 County Projects contain 100,000+ Tombstone Inscriptions, 350,000+ Vital Records and 8,000+ Cemetery/Church Images, as of Mar-2008 - all available on-line!
 

GARY L. FLYNN, ( ke8fd@bellsouth.net.com ), is a United Parcel Service retiree from the Columbus OH area. His hobbies are volunteer work, hiking and ham radio (KE8FD).  Gary manages all our Cemetery GPS Mapping and cemetery finding efforts.  He has GPS identified over 10,000 cemetery locations!
 

(3.)   Reference Sources: 

        ePodunk, Find-a-Grave, I Dream of Genealogy, Interment.net, National Register, USGenWeb  

        Tombstone Projects, USGenWeb Project Archives, USGenWeb County Homesteads, Historical 

        Societies, Genealogical Societies, GNIS-Cemetery Queries, GNIS-Maps, Researcher E-mails, USGS-

        Topo Maps, Street Atlas Mapping Software, Google Earth Maps, Google Mapping Links, County

        Query/Message Boards/Forums.