A Tour of the World’s 10 Most Famous Cemeteries
Cemeteries are not only the final resting places for the deceased but also sites of great architectural beauty and cultural significance. From peaceful gardens to majestic sculptures, these sanctuaries offer a window to the past and a reflection on life. Here, we explore ten of the world’s most famous cemeteries, known for their history, art, […]
Innovations in Cemetery Management: How Technology is Transforming Funeral Spaces
Over the past decade, cemetery management has undergone a significant transformation thanks to the introduction of advanced technologies. Digitalization and specialized software have not only improved operational efficiency but have also revolutionized the way we interact with these memorial spaces. We will explore some of the most impactful innovations in cemetery management and how our […]
Standardized solution optimizes data exchange: friedhof.api presented
The cemetery is more than just a place of remembrance and rest. It is a complex ecosystem in which a multitude of different players and data streams come together. From information about green spaces to data about the deceased, graves, trees, tasks, dates and costs – the diversity and complexity of the data that comes […]
The importance of digitization in cemetery management
PBSGEO presents its friedhofsplan.com platform, a key tool for the modernization of processes. The German company PBSGEO, headquartered in Cologne, unveils in our country the platform friedhofsplan.com, which leads the digitization of cemeteries in Germany. The application can be integrated to all relevant cemetery databases, achieving an encrypted and automated synchronization of these in the […]
Digital changes: workflows in practice
The digitization of processes in cemeteries brings many advantages, but a few disadvantages should also be taken into account. Sabine Meißner in conversation with Stefan Schumacher. Stefan Schumacher, founder and managing director of PBSGEO GmbH in Cologne, enthusiastically advocated for the digitization of cemeteries as a speaker at the FUNUS Foundation Symposium (see also Friedhofskultur […]
Public-Private Partnership with friedhofsplan.com
How to make the work of cemetery administrations simpler and more efficient while improving collaboration with partners for various trades? The foundation for such improvements is provided by friedhofsplan.de. Benefits for the cemetery administration The digital cemetery map is the tool that significantly simplifies workflows in cemetery administrations. Just by quickly and easily locating grave […]
Visualizing local history
The example of the municipality of Montabaur shows how cemetery administrations can use digital cemetery plans to tell and illustrate regional history on site. In August 2020, the Cologne-based company PBSGEO was awarded the contract to create digital cemetery plans for the municipality of Montabaur in Rhineland-Palatinate. In the data acquisition process, grave data from […]
Digitalization in cemetery administration: From paper plans to online reservation of sponsored graves
The majority of cemetery administrations still work with paper plans. This was also the case for the town of Schorndorf in the Rems-Murr district until 2020. This article describes how the town of Schorndorf moved from a paper plan to a digital cemetery plan. The cemetery administration of the town of Schorndorf has been using […]
The digitalization of cemetery management with friedhofsplan.com
friedhofsplan.com is Germany’s leading cemetery cadastre. It has been developed by the Cologne-based company PBSGEO for around ten years and can be linked to all relevant cemetery databases. Data synchronization is server-based, encrypted and automated in the background. friedhofsplan.com can be used on any internet-enabled device (desktop PCs, tablets and smartphones). This means that the […]
Data collection at the cemetery
Data collection is an issue that every cemetery administration has to deal with. Due to the multitude of different reasons, technical possibilities and the associated costs, choosing the right recording method is not always trivial. Everything starts with a central question: What is the data needed for? Depending on the purpose of the planned capture […]
