Submit-ready Vermont VAI site forms
in minutes, not days
Vermont's SHPO is the Division for Historic Preservation (VDHP), which manages the Vermont Archaeological Inventory (VAI) — nearly 6,000 site forms documenting locational, chronological, and contextual information; new forms and trinomials are requested through the VAI portal. 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. Vermont's is Vermont VAI site forms — a fixed PDF layout VDHP 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 VDHP PDF for the life of your firm.
Forms covered for Vermont
FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official Vermont Division for Historic Preservation forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.
The site form documenting an archaeological site in the Vermont Archaeological Inventory.
Compliance report archived with VAI project review files.
Required map attachment locating the site with coordinates.
What VDHP reviewers expect
- New VAI forms are submitted and trinomials requested through the VAI portal by qualified individuals — FieldTap supports placeholder numbers swapped on export.
- VAI site forms document locational, chronological, and contextual information — FieldTap captures that detail in the field.
- 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 Vermont CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.
Vermont SHPO FAQ
How does FieldTap fit Vermont's VAI workflow?
FieldTap is where you record sites in the field. Every record carries the locational, chronological, and contextual detail VAI forms ask for, plus GPS-tagged photos, so VAI portal submission is fast instead of a re-keying exercise.
Does FieldTap handle trinomial numbering?
Yes. Crews record with placeholder numbers; once a trinomial is assigned through the VAI portal 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 a Vermont site form PDF?
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.
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