RMSI announces completion of largest ever land folio data capture project in Ireland
Written by RMSI
28 October 2009
New Delhi, October 28, 2009: RMSI, a leading player in the Global Geospatial Services industry today announced the successful completion and delivery of a large scale "Text Data Capture from Image Folios Project" for the Property Registration Authority of Ireland (PRA) that involved the conversion of more than 807,000 individual folios held in scanned image format into a fully digitized format helping the client in having a permanent preservation of all its historical records for the future. The project was one of the most voluminous of its kind that included close to 2.5 million pages, out of which many of the documents were in handwritten format dating back to 1892.
Commenting on the success of the project Vikrant Karandikar, General Manager - Business Development, RMSI said "This was a complex, yet exciting project incorporating country-wide data, involving both PRA and RMSI teams, located geographically apart and still working in close co-ordination. This co-ordination was further enhanced by web based online query management system developed for the project which helped both RMSI and PRA in quick resolution of queries and keeping a track of personally resolved issues. In addition to completing the project before time, under-budget and exceeding stipulated quality standards, RMSI also refined PRA database. RMSI linked around 22,000 mappable burdens (right of ways, pipelines, wells, etc.) with their textual information on the folio."
Welcoming the successful completion of the project, Catherine Treacy, Chief Executive of the PRA said: "We are delighted to have worked with RMSI on this important project. Delivery of very high quality data was paramount at all times and, I'm pleased to say, RMSI met our requirements at all stages. This conversion programme has now provided the PRA with a complete database of property ownership records in Ireland which will enable us to develop and deliver the next generation of online services for our customers". It is also worth mentioning that RMSI has delivered this project in a record time of less than 22 months, two months ahead of schedule.
About RMSI - Maximizing business value
At the leading edge of geospatial and information technology, RMSI develops innovative solutions that integrate geographic information with niche business applications. RMSI provides comprehensive geospatial and software services to clients across the globe, in sectors ranging from Land Management, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wireless Telecommunications, Utilities, Disaster Management, to the Government and Multi Lateral Funding Agencies. The company has a deserved reputation for developing high quality end-to-end customized solutions, on time and to budget, and this has translated in to a 75% repeat business from its global client base.
In the recently released Great Places to Work (India) 2009 study, RMSI achieved the number one position across all industries in India for the third year in a row. The 2009 study covered over 373 companies across 25 industry verticals and was conducted by the Great Places to Work Institute, Inc, USA in partnership with The Economic Times. RMSI has also been continuously listed amongst the top 5 employers in India in the IDC-Dataquest IT Best Employers Survey for seven years in a row, since 2003.
RMSI is owned by Risk Management Solutions (RMS), USA and is part of one of the UK's largest listed companies, the Daily Mail and General Trust plc. For more information, please visit www.rmsi.com
About the Property Registration Authority
The Property Registration Authority ( www.prai.ie ) is the State organisation responsible for the registration of ownership and other legal interests in land in Ireland. The core business of the PRA involves examining legal documents presented as applications for registration, interpreting the legal effect of such documents and recording their legal impact on the public land register. Based in Dublin, Waterford and Roscommon, the PRA manages and maintains an extensive database of unique legal records and has been proactive in recent years in developing and delivering a wide range of online services to its legal, financial and other customers.
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