Who's Minding The Data?

One of the DOT in-plant's largest projects is an effort to scan 192,000 maps into a digital database, which will eventually enable a New York state real estate organization to destroy the film, mylar and linen originals.

With electronic files legally acceptable in New York, other such opportunities are in the pipeline. Most hinge on an organization's ability to provide a trail of evidence that proves an electronic file is original and unaltered. In this case, the state archives and records administration established the guidelines, and DelPrincipe's in-plant established the security of the "path" that the electronic document would take from scan to archive.