Submit-ready Louisiana site record forms
in minutes, not days
Louisiana's Division of Archaeology (within the Office of Cultural Development, which holds the SHPO role) uses Site Record Forms for new and revisited sites and Supplemental Forms for additions. Current templates have been required since December 2021. FieldTap Report Builder turns the Site Record Form into a one-time setup.
Why state forms break every other tool
Every state has its own paper site form. Louisiana's is Louisiana site record forms — a fixed PDF layout Louisiana 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.
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 Louisiana SHPO PDF for the life of your firm.
Forms covered for Louisiana
FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official Louisiana Division of Archaeology forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.
Used to record a newly discovered site, or with the 'Update' box checked for a revisited site.
Used to add information to the site files when no physical visit was made.
Required map attachment locating the site with coordinates.
What Louisiana SHPO reviewers expect
- Since December 2021, all site forms and supplemental forms must use the current Division of Archaeology templates — FieldTap auto-fills the current template so the layout is always correct.
- New sites use the Site Record Form; revisits check the 'Update' box — FieldTap routes records to the correct form state automatically.
- 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 Louisiana CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.
Louisiana SHPO FAQ
Does FieldTap use the current Louisiana templates?
Yes. You import the current Site Record Form PDF once, and every record exports a fully populated PDF in that layout — no retyping.
Does it handle new vs. update records?
Yes. A revisit exports the Site Record Form with the Update box set; new sites export a fresh record.
Does this work offline?
Yes. Recording, GPS, and photos run fully offline. Sync and export require connectivity.
Can we map a custom Louisiana form?
Yes. Report Builder accepts any PDF. When the Division revises the form, you re-import and remap changed fields.
What about GIS deliverables?
Shapefile, GeoJSON, and CSV come from the same record as the PDF, so coordinates and attributes always agree.
Map Louisiana site record forms once. Submit forever.
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