(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.)   PAUL M. KANKULA, ( kankula@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!
 

(3.)   Reference Resources: 

        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.

(4.)   Individual webpage hit counters installed 01-Oct-2010.