Submit-ready Rhode Island site forms
in minutes, not days
The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC), the state's SHPO, maintains records of all known archaeological sites and reviews and permits archaeological projects requiring state or federal funding or permits. 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. Rhode Island's is Rhode Island site forms — a fixed PDF layout RIHPHC 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 RIHPHC PDF for the life of your firm.
Forms covered for Rhode Island
FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.
The site record documenting an archaeological site for the RIHPHC inventory.
CRM report for projects reviewed and permitted by RIHPHC.
Required map attachment locating the site with coordinates.
What RIHPHC reviewers expect
- RIHPHC maintains records of all known archaeological sites and permits archaeological projects requiring state/federal funding or permits — FieldTap keeps records export-ready for that review.
- Site location data is confidential under Section 304 of the NHPA and ARPA — FieldTap keeps coordinates in your project, not a public layer.
- 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 Rhode Island CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.
Rhode Island SHPO FAQ
How does FieldTap fit Rhode Island's workflow?
FieldTap is where you record sites in the field. Every record carries location, attributes, and GPS-tagged photos, organized and exportable, so documenting sites for the RIHPHC inventory is fast instead of a re-keying exercise.
Can we map a Rhode Island site form PDF?
Yes. Report Builder accepts any PDF, including RIHPHC forms and 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.
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