Jose wrote:

We think a better way of performing this
task is to have the contractor provide a digital still image of each
item in his report along with the associated geographic coordinate

Just curious as to why you specify digital. I've been using flexible
chemical imaging ribbon for a very long time, and it has many
advantages over digital. The key thing is the photograph, not the
medium, unless I'm missing something that can be done only if the
image is originated digitally.

Jose

The digital image may be stored in a database for later retrieval. Also,
analog photography is on its way out. Major labs across the country (USA,
for you international readers) are shutting down their film processing
operations and going totally digital.

Cheers,

Jim