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Submit-ready Virginia DHR site records in minutes, not days

Virginia's Department of Historic Resources (DHR) maintains its inventory of more than 40,000 archaeological sites through V-CRIS (Virginia Cultural Resource Information System), where qualified users record sites and properties. FieldTap Report Builder keeps your field records organized and export-ready for that system.

Why state forms break every other tool

Every state has its own paper site form. Virginia's is Virginia DHR site records — a fixed PDF layout Virginia DHR 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 Virginia DHR PDF for the life of your firm.

1. Import the official PDF
Drop the Virginia DHR site records 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 Virginia DHR 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 Virginia

FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official Virginia Department of Historic Resources forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.

Archaeological Site RecordV-CRIS Site Entry

The site record entered into V-CRIS, Virginia's cultural resources information system.

Survey ReportProject Documentation

CRM report submitted to DHR alongside site records.

Location MapUSGS Quad Reference

Required map attachment locating the site with coordinates.

What Virginia DHR reviewers expect

  • Site records flow into V-CRIS; FieldTap produces the populated forms and GIS data that data entry needs, so you're not re-keying field notes.
  • Detailed archaeological location data is provided on a need-to-know basis — FieldTap keeps coordinates in your project, not a public layer.
  • Coordinates must agree across the record, location map, and any GIS deliverable — FieldTap generates all three from one record.
  • Section 106 review under the NHPA drives most Virginia CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.

Virginia SHPO FAQ

How does FieldTap fit Virginia's V-CRIS workflow?

FieldTap is where you record sites in the field. Every record carries location, attributes, and GPS-tagged photos, organized and exportable, so entering V-CRIS and assembling your report is fast instead of a re-keying exercise.

Can we map a Virginia site form PDF?

Yes. Report Builder accepts any PDF, including DHR 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 to DHR.

Map Virginia DHR site records once. Submit forever.

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