Submit-ready Texas TexSite site forms
in minutes, not days
Texas records archeological sites with the Texas Historical Commission's TexSite data form, exported and submitted with a site shapefile to the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory (TARL) at UT-Austin, which assigns the Smithsonian trinomial site number. FieldTap Report Builder keeps your field data organized and export-ready.
Why state forms break every other tool
Every state has its own paper site form. Texas's is Texas TexSite site forms — a fixed PDF layout THC 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 THC PDF for the life of your firm.
Forms covered for Texas
FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official Texas Historical Commission forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.
The THC site data form recorded for each new or revisited site; data is exported as CSV and submitted to TARL with a site shapefile to obtain a trinomial number.
Required under the Antiquities Code of Texas for archeological investigations on non-federal public land; issued by the THC with associated report requirements.
Required map attachment locating the site with coordinates.
What THC reviewers expect
- A TexSite data form plus an ArcGIS site shapefile must be provided to TARL before a trinomial site number is assigned — FieldTap supports placeholder numbers swapped on export.
- Investigations on non-federal public land fall under the Antiquities Code of Texas and require a Texas Antiquities Permit from the THC; consistent records reduce review cycles.
- Site data exports to CSV for TARL, and coordinates must agree across the form, map, and shapefile — FieldTap generates all three from one record.
- Section 106 review under the NHPA, alongside the Antiquities Code of Texas, drives most Texas CRM fieldwork; contact the THC for project-specific review requirements.
Texas SHPO FAQ
How does FieldTap fit Texas's submission workflow?
FieldTap is where you record sites in the field. Every record carries location, attributes, and GPS-tagged photos, organized and exportable, so producing TexSite data for TARL and the THC is fast instead of a re-keying exercise.
Does FieldTap handle trinomial site numbering?
Yes. Crews record with placeholder numbers; once TARL assigns the trinomial you update the record and exports refresh.
Does it produce the site shapefile TARL needs?
Yes. Shapefile, GeoJSON, and CSV come from the same record, so the site location and attributes you send to TARL always agree with the form.
Does this work offline?
Yes. Recording, GPS, and photos run fully offline. Sync and export require connectivity.
Can we map our own Texas form variant?
Yes. Report Builder accepts any PDF, including internal QA forms and THC submission forms.
Map Texas TexSite site forms once. Submit forever.
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