BillionGraves Backpack
To take photos for BillionGraves, all you really need is you phone, right? True, but you won’t regret having a few extra items with you to make your trip to the cemetery as smooth as silk. We’ve compiled a list of suggestions for you to…
Million More in May: Thank You and Results
Congratulations! We had a monumental month at BillionGraves, and it’s all thanks to you. At BillionGraves, we’re all about bigger and better goals. Even our name is an audacious goal: One Billion Graves. Some people think it’s an impossible number, but there are truly a billion headstones…
Million More in May: Check the Leaderboard!
We had a record-breaking weekend this Memorial Day weekend, and we are so appreciative of everyone’s efforts. Some of you noticed that services were down for a period yesterday—one of our servers was acting up because of the huge amounts of traffic to our site…
Why BillionGraves Uses GPS-Encoded Photos
Many people have been asking us lately why they can’t submit photos taken with traditional cameras to the BillionGraves database. The BillionGraves database is unique in that it contains GPS information. By adding GPS data to each headstone image, cemetery and location data is attached…
BillionGraves 2.1.1 iOS Update
A new update is available from the iTunes store for your iPhone or iPad. This update fixes a bug that caused problems with uploading photos. With this update, you should expect a smoother upload process. Go get the update today from the iTunes App Store.
Million More in May: Picture-taking Tips
Here we are in week two, Our records, we have quite a few. There’s still more to go— but that much, you know!— So let’s add some more to the queue! Remember, to reach our goal of 1,000,000 new records this month, we just need two…