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Submit-ready New Jersey site forms in minutes, not days

New Jersey's Historic Preservation Office (HPO) sets survey and documentation guidelines and serves cultural resource data through LUCY; the statewide archaeological site inventory is registered with the New Jersey State Museum. FieldTap keeps your field records organized and export-ready for that submission.

Why state forms break every other tool

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

1. Import the official PDF
Drop the NJ HPO 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 NJ HPO 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 New Jersey

FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official New Jersey Historic Preservation Office forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.

Archaeological Site FormState Inventory Record

The archaeological site record registered with the New Jersey State Museum's statewide inventory.

Survey ReportPhase I/II/III Report

CRM report prepared per HPO archaeological report guidelines.

Location MapUSGS Quad Reference

Required map attachment locating the site with coordinates.

What NJ HPO reviewers expect

  • HPO survey guidelines specify how to document and evaluate archaeological resources — FieldTap exports records that match those documentation expectations.
  • The statewide archaeological site inventory is registered with the New Jersey State Museum — FieldTap keeps records export-ready for that registration.
  • 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 New Jersey CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.

New Jersey SHPO FAQ

How does FieldTap fit New Jersey's workflow?

FieldTap is where you record sites in the field. Every record carries location, attributes, and GPS-tagged photos, organized and exportable, so registering sites and assembling HPO-guideline reports is fast instead of a re-keying exercise.

Can we map a New Jersey site form PDF?

Yes. Report Builder accepts any PDF, including internal QA forms, and populates them from the same records.

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 New Jersey site forms once. Submit forever.

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