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Submit-ready Alabama site forms in minutes, not days

Alabama's SHPO is housed at the Alabama Historical Commission, while the Alabama State Site File and report archives are maintained by the Office of Archaeological Research (OAR) at Moundville. FieldTap Report Builder turns the site form into a one-time setup.

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Why state forms break every other tool

Every state has its own paper site form. Alabama's is Alabama site forms — a fixed PDF layout Alabama SHPO expects to receive exactly as published. Generic field tools give you two bad options: rebuild the form by hand in their form builder (and still retype results into the official PDF), or pay for a professional services engagement to digitize each form.

Either way, every revision the agency publishes restarts the cycle. CRM firms end up paying for software and still doing the typing.

FieldTap Report Builder

Import once. Map once. Done forever.

Report Builder is the only feature on the market that lets a CRM firm digitize a state's official PDF form themselves — no professional-services bill, no rebuilding the form by hand. Map the fields once and every record auto-exports a submit-ready Alabama SHPO PDF for the life of your firm.

1. Import the official PDF
Drop the Alabama SHPO site forms into Report Builder. No rebuilding the form by hand, no professional services engagement.
2. Drag-map fields once
Drag your FieldTap fields onto the PDF. Locations, attributes, photos, dates — once they are mapped, they auto-fill for every record going forward.
3. Auto-export forever
Every record in your project exports a fully-populated, submit-ready PDF in the official Alabama SHPO layout. No retyping. No reformatting.
4. Update when the agency does
When the agency revises the form, re-import the new PDF and remap any changed fields. Your records keep working.

Forms covered for Alabama

FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official Alabama Historical Commission forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.

Alabama Site FormState Site File Record

The archaeological site record maintained in the Alabama State Site File at OAR.

Survey ReportSection 106 Report

CRM report archived with the State Site File and report archives.

Location MapUSGS Quad Reference

Required topographic map attachment locating the site with coordinates.

What Alabama SHPO reviewers expect

  • The Alabama State Site File and Section 106 report archives are maintained by OAR at Moundville — FieldTap exports records ready for that submission.
  • Site location data is confidential and shared only with qualified professionals — FieldTap keeps coordinates in your project.
  • Coordinates must agree across the form, map, and any GIS deliverable — FieldTap generates all three from one record.
  • Section 106 review under the NHPA drives most Alabama CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.

Alabama SHPO FAQ

Does FieldTap export Alabama site forms ready for the State Site File?

Yes. You map the site form once and every record exports a fully populated PDF, ready to submit — no retyping.

Can we map our own Alabama form variant?

Yes. Report Builder accepts any PDF, including internal QA forms.

Does this work offline?

Yes. Recording, GPS, and photos run fully offline. Sync and export require connectivity.

What about GIS deliverables?

Shapefile, GeoJSON, and CSV come from the same record as the PDF, so coordinates and attributes always agree.

Can our whole crew record to one project?

Yes. FieldTap supports role-based team review before submission.

Map Alabama site forms once. Submit forever.

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