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Submit-ready North Carolina site forms in minutes, not days

North Carolina sites are recorded on the North Carolina Archaeological Site Form (currently version VIII) and submitted to the Office of State Archaeology (OSA) for trinomial assignment and review. FieldTap Report Builder turns that form into a one-time setup.

Why state forms break every other tool

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

1. Import the official PDF
Drop the NC OSA 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 NC OSA 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 North Carolina

FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official North Carolina Office of State Archaeology forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.

NC Site FormVersion VIII

The standard North Carolina Archaeological Site Form, submitted to OSA as a searchable PDF with a site map.

Site MapRequired Attachment

A site map submitted with each site form for compliance review.

Survey ReportProject Documentation

CRM report submitted through OSA's file submission process.

What NC OSA reviewers expect

  • Sites receive a trinomial site number assigned by OSA, included on the completed site form — FieldTap supports placeholder numbers swapped on export.
  • Site forms must be uploaded as separate searchable PDFs with a site map for each site — FieldTap exports exactly that.
  • Coordinates must agree across the form, site map, and any GIS deliverable — FieldTap generates all three from one record.
  • Section 106 review under the NHPA drives most North Carolina CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.

North Carolina SHPO FAQ

Does FieldTap produce a searchable PDF site form?

Yes. Every record exports a fully populated, searchable PDF in the official NC Site Form layout with its site map, ready to submit to OSA.

Does FieldTap handle the trinomial workflow?

Yes. Crews record with placeholder numbers; once OSA assigns the trinomial 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 NC 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 North Carolina site forms once. Submit forever.

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