How to prove an inspection really happened

Recurring inspections carry real liability: a thermal scan of a switchboard, a daily lift or ride check, a hydrant test. The report says the visit happened. The awkward question is how anyone confirms it actually did.

Ghost inspections, billed but not performed, or produced at a desk from old images, are a genuine risk for the client and the insurer behind them. This post explains what proves a visit took place, without pretending to replace the inspection itself.

Why the report alone does not prove the visit

The instrument does its job: a thermal camera makes the thermal image, a gauge gives a reading. But that output only proves a measurement exists somewhere. It does not prove someone stood on that site, on that date, and did the round.

A supporting photo is meant to fill that gap, yet on its own it is weak: it can be reused, backdated or edited, and its metadata is trivial to change. So the proof of presence, the part that stops a ghost inspection, is exactly the part that is missing.

What actually proves a visit took place

Presence has to be captured live on site and bound to a time and a place, so a third party can confirm it later without being there. It is the same idea as any solid proof of work: created at capture, tied to the file, tamper-evident.

Concretely: the moment, the location, and a fingerprint of the image that breaks if the file is touched. Add those and a photo stops being a claim and becomes a check anyone can run.

How Danaya seals the visit, not the measurement

The inspector opens a capture link on their phone, with no app and no account, and photographs the equipment live at the point of inspection. Import is off, so a picture from another site or another day cannot be used.

Each shot is sealed at capture: a SHA-256 fingerprint of the file, the GPS location and a server timestamp the sender cannot set by hand, all signed, verifiable by anyone from a public link. Danaya does not produce or replace the thermal reading or the report; it adds proof that the inspection physically happened on site. It is a complement, never an official certification.

FAQ

Isn't the instrument reading already proof?

It proves a measurement exists, not that it was taken on that site, on that date, by someone present. A sealed live photo of the equipment during the visit is what shows the inspection physically happened.

Does Danaya certify the inspection?

No. It is a complement, never a certification. Your report, your instrument data and any regulatory sign-off stay yours. The seal only adds tamper-evident proof of presence: right place, right time, unaltered.

What changes for the inspector on site?

Very little. They open a capture link, take the photos they would take anyway, and the seal happens automatically. No app to install, no account, which suits subcontracted or one-off inspections.

Prove the visit, not just the reading

Send a capture link for your next inspection so presence is sealed at capture, or screen a photo you received with the free detector first. Proof of presence, not a claim.

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