EverArk is modern cemetery management software that centralizes records, plot and map management, sales, and celebration-of-life memorials—so teams work faster and families get a better experience.

How does EverArk help manage plots and maps?

EverArk lets you organize sections, lots, and plots; maintain GIS-style maps; and quickly search burials and ownership. It reduces errors and keeps your inventory accurate and up to date.

Does EverArk support green burials?

Yes. EverArk supports green-burial workflows, including plot inventory, rules/requirements, mapping, and documentation—so you can serve eco-conscious families with confidence.

Can families create online memorials or a celebration of life?

Yes. Families can build online memorial pages, share photos and stories, and keep memories alive with celebration-of-life tools that are easy to use and accessible anywhere.

Can we collect payments and handle contracts digitally?

EverArk supports online storefronts and digital records for approvals and contracts, helping your cemetery streamline sales, pre-need/at-need paperwork, and donations.

Does EverArk integrate with other systems?

EverArk is built to work alongside your existing tools. Ask us about available and upcoming integrations such as finance, website/CMS, and data import options.

Is EverArk secure and mobile-friendly?

Yes. EverArk is cloud-based with role-based access and modern security practices, and it works on desktop, tablet, and mobile for staff in the office or in the field.

How do we migrate our existing records into EverArk?

We provide data import assistance (from spreadsheets or legacy systems) and help you validate records, clean duplicates, and align lots/plots to your current maps.

What does EverArk cost?

Our pricing is public. Visit the Pricing page for plans that fit cemeteries of all sizes, with transparent features and no surprises.

Do you offer onboarding and support?

Yes—guided onboarding, training, and ongoing support are included so your team can launch quickly and keep operations running smoothly.

8/27/2025

ChatGPT Instructions to Map your Cemetery for EverArk

Designing a clean, accurate cemetery plot map is way easier than you think when you use GPS anchors with a little math and code. These instructions, along with our example, will walk you through a practical, simple workflow you can run entirely with ChatGPT: from using your plot GPS anchor points for your cemetery to calculating the coordinates for all plots to exporting the results to a CSV file that you can import and open in EverArk. Let's get started by following our 5 easy steps!

Step 1: Gather some GPS anchor points.
The first thing you need to do is gather some GPS coordinates for the center of several key plots. Your plot selection depends on the size and shape of your cemetery or area you want to map. These plots will act as your anchor points which means all plot calculations performed by ChatGPT will reference these. It is, therefore, important that these coordinates are very accurate.

In this example, we will map a rectangular section of the cemetery. The two anchor plots will be the two (2) corner plots of the cemetery garden where the northwest plot is 38.962529694, -121.290759696, and the southwest east plot is 38.962161865, -121.289785747. Note, the degree of accuracy of the anchor plots so the plotting and calculations of the GPS coordinates for all plots are accurate.

We captured the GPS coordinates of the anchor plots using Google Earth. By clicking on the 'Add Placemarks' icon from the menu, you can simply click on the map to add your anchors. Once added, you can expand the 'More settings' option of the Placemark to capture the GPS coordinates of your anchor(s).

Using Google Earth to capture the GPS coordinates of two (2) corner plots.

Step 2: Ask ChatGPT to calculate your cemetery plots.

In ChatGPT, we asked it to do the following:

"Can you calculate the centroid GPS coordinates for all the 3.33' x 10' plots in the cemetery, where the northwest plot is 38.962529694, -121.290759696, and the southwest east plot is 38.962161865, -121.289785747. "

Since the cemetery area we're trying to map is rectangular, we only needed two (2) anchor points and the size of each plot. Here's our actual ChatGPT conversation and ChatGPT's response. We let it do most of the work.

Using ChatGPT to calculate the GPS coordinates of all plots in the cemetery by only using the two (2) corner plots.

Step 3. Download and open the CSV file.

From ChatGPT, click on the 'Download the CSV' link that it provides. If it doesn't provide it automatically, simply ask for it.

The CSV file we downloaded was clean and simple. We didn't provide any instructions on how to label the rows and plots, so ChatGPT did it for us.

These are the ChatGPT calculated GPS coordinates of each plot.

Step 4. Insert the GPS coordinates into the Plot Import Template.

Next, download the EverArk 'Import Template' from the Settings > Integrations view. Open it and navigate to the worksheet called 'Plot Import Template'. Copy and paste the ChatGPT data into the EverArk template, adding and correcting any other fields you also want imported.

We kept the 'Row' and 'Plot' labels from the ChatGPT file and populated the remaining required fields, such as 'Cemetery Name', 'Garden Name', and 'Lot'. We also set all the plots to 'Available' to indicate they're ready for sale. Once we were done and we saved the file, it looked as follows:

This is the ChatGPT GPS data reformatted into the EverArk plot import template.

Step 5. Import your plot data into EverArk

Lastly, you can navigate to Settings > Import and follow the workflow and instructions to import your plot data. It will take a few minutes to import and you will be notified by email when it is complete.

After we completed our import, we navigated to Cemetery > Inventory to view the cemetery map. We converted it to Satellite view for a better perspective. The results were very accurate and all plots appeared on the map. As they were all set to 'Available', each plot was represented by a green dot that you could click on to get more detals.

The EverArk cemetery map of all the plots as calculated by ChatGPT.

We hope this step-by-step guide helps you map your cemetery more quickly and efficiently than having someone survey it. If you need any assistance or want to see a demo of all EverArk's features, click here for a demo of EverArk's Cemetery Management software.