_QR77 Newsroom
1/13/2010
GPS may be the way of the future when it comes to Calgary's future cemetaries.
"You're not going to have any monuments," said Archie Lang, manager of cemetaries for the City of Calgary. "I see it as a meadow with natural grasses."
He says family members would use GPS to locate a loved one to within six inches of their location in the field.
Lang says the city is also looking into other environmentally-friendly options for cemetaries including areas specifically designated for bio-degradable caskets.
A new south cemetary is being proposed on 80 acres of land in the deep southeast, near Ralph Klein Park.
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