Even if plenty of resources are available to implement a statewide digital land records system; even if a seamless, fault tolerant, all inclusive technical plan is created and implemented; even if all data from all registries and municipalities throughout Maine could be marshalled into a database that allowed querying on any aspect of any parcel and its attributes - even then, the privacy issue would stand in the way.
As I spent some time this week on dirt camp roads and woods paths I wondered a lot about the benefits of not always having access to the straightest line or the widest road to get where one is going. If I do not need to spend time in a town office or deeds registry, to show my face or get to know local officials in the process of prospecting for property or investigating land, I free up resources that I and others would spend searching. So there is an efficiency gain. But is some interaction that may be beneficial from the local perspective, some check and balance of personal introduction and exposure to those keeping the records - is some element of this necessary to protect the land?
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Yes, privacy will always be an issue. But we can still share the main data as it pertains to the property without list names and ppersonal information. Other state have worded around this for supply the information we are looking for.
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