--- title: Blog | CIMS Cemetery Software (8) description: The latest news about cemetery management, cloud-based cemetery software, and more from CIMS. (8) --- [![cims_web_logo_blue](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cims_web_logo_blue.png?width=320&height=150&name=cims_web_logo_blue.png "cims_web_logo_blue")](https://www.cimscemeterysoftware.com/) Open main menu Close main menu - [Home](https://www.cimscemeterysoftware.com/) - [Blog](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com) - [Request More Information](https://info.cimscemeterysoftware.com/request-more-information-cims-cemetery-software) ![](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/Find_A_Grave_Burial_Search.png) [cemetery software,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) [cemetery technology](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-technology) ### [What's the Difference Between Find a Grave and Burial Search?](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/whats-the-difference-between-find-a-grave-and-burial-search) May 5, 2022 11:57:40 AM Imagine this. Doug is trying to find his great-great-grandmother’s grave. Doug’s mom says she may be buried nearby, but she isn’t sure where. With limited information about his great-great grandmother’s burial, Doug isn’t sure where to start. So Doug does what most people do when they need answers. He Googles it. [CIMS Editorial Team](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/author/cims-editorial-team) [Read More](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/whats-the-difference-between-find-a-grave-and-burial-search) ![A CIMS Platinum cemetery map in a web browser window. Rows of color-coordinated grave spaces.](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/mapping_cover.png) [cemetery software,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) [cemetery technology,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-technology) [cemetery mapping](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-mapping) ### [5 Cemetery Mapping Pitfalls (And How to Avoid Them)](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/5-cemetery-mapping-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid-them) Apr 22, 2022 10:31:55 AM Decades-old paper maps. Detailed spreadsheets. Interactive online cemetery maps. [CIMS Editorial Team](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/author/cims-editorial-team) [Read More](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/5-cemetery-mapping-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid-them) ![](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/burial-search-cover.png) [cemetery software,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) [cemetery technology](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-technology) ### [Need to find a grave? Burial Search can help.](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/need-to-find-a-grave-burial-search-can-help) Mar 30, 2022 11:37:30 AM It’s no surprise that thousands of people search for burial locations online every month. Locating a loved one's final resting place brings peace. But what happens when the family of the deceased—or genealogists—can’t find grave sites online? [CIMS Editorial Team](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/author/cims-editorial-team) [Read More](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/need-to-find-a-grave-burial-search-can-help) ![A cemetery map in CIMS cemetery mapping software](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/cemetery_mapping_cover.png) [cemetery software,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) [cemetery technology](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-technology) ### [5 Advantages of Cemetery Mapping Software](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/advantages-of-cemetery-mapping-software) Mar 23, 2022 1:14:56 PM Aging paper maps. Tattered logbooks. Busy spreadsheets. What used to be essential cemetery management tools are now creating customer service bottlenecks for some cemeteries. Why? For cemeterians, information everywhere is information overload. When maps and records are scattered across multiple sources, it’s difficult to help grieving families quickly and effectively. [CIMS Editorial Team](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/author/cims-editorial-team) [Read More](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/advantages-of-cemetery-mapping-software) ![](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/cims%20comparison%203.png) [cemetery software,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) [cemetery technology](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-technology) ### [What's the difference between CIMS Plus and CIMS Professional?](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/the-difference-between-cims-gold-and-cims-platinum) Feb 17, 2022 2:45:42 PM The less time cemetery staff spend searching for records, the more time they have to do what they do best: serve the families with whom they work. That’s why thousands of cemeteries in the United States are using cemetery software to help managers easily input burial information on online cemetery maps. By connecting all ownership, interment, and marker information on a digital map, cemetery mapping software gives cemetery managers real-time insights into which plots have been sold and which ones are available. In other words, with the best online cemetery mapping software, **your map is your cemetery.** [CIMS Editorial Team](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/author/cims-editorial-team) [Read More](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/the-difference-between-cims-gold-and-cims-platinum) ![A ground penetrating radar scans cemetery grounds.](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/gpr_br.jpg) [cemetery software,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) [cemetery technology](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-technology) ### [Why do cemeteries use ground penetrating radar?](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/why-do-cemeteries-use-ground-penetrating-radar) Jan 28, 2022 10:51:58 AM Head of Christiana Cemetery in Newark, Delaware, has an illustrious history that dates to the early 1700s. Now ground penetrating radar services are [helping the cemetery staff unpack that history](https://www.newarkpostonline.com/news/newark-cemetery-using-ground-penetrating-radar-to-find-missing-graves/article_47ab3619-662a-5b05-a5f7-7b34be90fbe9.html), confirming burial locations and finding unmarked graves of Revolutionary War soldiers. [CIMS Editorial Team](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/author/cims-editorial-team) [Read More](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/why-do-cemeteries-use-ground-penetrating-radar) ![Drone imagery of the cemetery grounds at St. Francis Borgia Cemetery.](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/DJI_0201.jpg) [cemetery software,](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) [drone imagery](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/drone-imagery) ### [Case Study: Building Picture-Perfect Cemetery Maps With Drone Imagery](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/case-study-cemetery-maps-with-drone-imagery) Jan 26, 2022 10:47:44 AM St. Francis Borgia Cemetery has served parishioners of St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, since long before the invention of the airplane. But today the cemetery is flying drones in service of building better digital maps. [CIMS Editorial Team](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/author/cims-editorial-team) [Read More](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/case-study-cemetery-maps-with-drone-imagery) ![A cloud is superimposed over a local server.](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/hubfs/cloud_cover.png) [cemetery software](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/tag/cemetery-software) ### [Is cloud-based cemetery software right for your cemetery?](https://blog.cimscemeterysoftware.com/is-cloud-based-record-keeping-right-for-your-cemetery) Nov 29, 2021 4:33:53 PM Dropbox. WhatsApp. Netflix. Nowadays, most of the apps we use to work—and to decompress after work—seem to live on the cloud. 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