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Submit-ready Mississippi site forms in minutes, not days

Mississippi's SHPO sits within the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH), which maintains the state's Archaeological Site File. MDAH does not accept a report as final until all new and updated site forms are accepted. FieldTap Report Builder turns the site form into a one-time setup.

Why state forms break every other tool

Every state has its own paper site form. Mississippi's is Mississippi site forms — a fixed PDF layout MDAH 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 MDAH PDF for the life of your firm.

1. Import the official PDF
Drop the MDAH 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 MDAH 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 Mississippi

FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official Mississippi Department of Archives and History forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.

Archaeological Site FormMDAH Site File Record

The site record entered into the Mississippi Archaeological Site File maintained by MDAH.

Survey ReportProject Documentation

CRM report; MDAH does not accept it as final until all site forms are accepted.

Location MapUSGS Quad Reference

Required map attachment locating the site on a USGS 7.5' quad, with UTM coordinates.

What MDAH reviewers expect

  • MDAH does not accept a report as final until all new and updated site forms have been accepted — FieldTap keeps records export-ready and consistent throughout a project.
  • A site number is issued by the Site File registrar; FieldTap supports placeholder numbers swapped on export.
  • 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 Mississippi CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.

Mississippi SHPO FAQ

Does FieldTap export site forms ready for MDAH?

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

Does FieldTap handle site numbering?

Yes. Crews record with placeholder numbers; once MDAH issues the site number you update the record and exports refresh.

Does this work offline?

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

Can we map our own Mississippi form variant?

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

What about GIS deliverables?

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

Map Mississippi site forms once. Submit forever.

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