Digital Photograph Record Collection and Storage SOP

photography, including but not limited to, licensed facility inspections, shoreline surveys, environmental restoration or protection projects or any other photo-documentation purposes. Exemption from the use of this SOP for project work shall be allowed for reasons of inapplicability determined by management discretion. It is anticipated that individual programs will modify the SOP, as necessary, to account for differences in digital camera protocols. 2. PURPOSE. Photography that has a reasonable probability to be considered for use as legal evidence, historic record or other value to the State must be protected from loss or destruction. This SOP provides a method to collect and store digital photographs and associated documentation data. The use of digital photography for documentation has resulted in a proliferation of data files that can be lost or easily destroyed, since unlike traditional printed-paper, they may not physically exist except in the form of magnetic or optically read media. There are many types of digital cameras, photographic processing software and operating systems in use currently at DEM, however certain common elements can be used as a framework to establish a standard method to assist in preservation of these records for easy retrieval and future use