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Submit-ready New York CRIS site forms in minutes, not days

New York's SHPO (within the Division for Historic Preservation) manages cultural resources through CRIS (Cultural Resource Information System), its online data and GIS tool with 1.5M+ pages of records, including an online archaeological site form. FieldTap keeps your field records organized and export-ready to feed CRIS.

Why state forms break every other tool

Every state has its own paper site form. New York's is New York CRIS site forms — a fixed PDF layout NY 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 NY SHPO PDF for the life of your firm.

1. Import the official PDF
Drop the NY 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 NY 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 New York

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

Archaeological Site FormCRIS Site Entry

The online archaeological site form completed in CRIS, capturing site history, fieldwork, materials, and cultural affiliation.

Survey ReportProject Documentation

CRM report submitted through CRIS for Section 106 review.

Location MapUSGS Quad Reference

Required map attachment locating the site with coordinates.

What NY SHPO reviewers expect

  • SHPO prefers as many CRIS fields completed as applicable to keep the inventory searchable — FieldTap captures that detail in the field so entry is complete and consistent.
  • CRIS is the online system of record; FieldTap keeps your records and GPS-tagged photos organized so online entry is fast.
  • Coordinates must agree across the record, map, and any GIS deliverable — FieldTap generates all three from one record.
  • Section 106 review under the NHPA drives most New York CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.

New York SHPO FAQ

How does FieldTap fit New York's CRIS workflow?

FieldTap is where you record sites in the field. Every record carries the site history, fieldwork detail, materials, and GPS-tagged photos CRIS asks for, organized and exportable, so CRIS entry is fast instead of a re-keying exercise.

Can we map a New York 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 York CRIS site forms once. Submit forever.

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