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Submit-ready West Virginia site forms in minutes, not days

West Virginia's SHPO (within the Division of Culture and History) provides Archaeological Site inventory forms, requiring UTM coordinates and PDF submission of all survey reports and inventory forms. FieldTap Report Builder turns the site form into a one-time setup.

Why state forms break every other tool

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

1. Import the official PDF
Drop the WV SHPO 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 WV SHPO 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 West Virginia

FieldTap ships with Report Builder templates for the official West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office forms below. Use them as-is, customize them, or import your own variant.

Archaeological Site FormWV SHPO Site Inventory

The West Virginia Archaeological Site inventory form submitted to the SHPO as a PDF.

Survey ReportProject Documentation

All survey reports and inventory forms must be submitted as PDF documents for review.

Location MapUSGS Quad Reference

Required map attachment locating the site with UTM coordinates.

What WV SHPO reviewers expect

  • WV SHPO requests UTM coordinates on all Archaeological Site forms and requires PDF submission — FieldTap exports exactly that.
  • All survey reports and inventory forms must be submitted as PDFs — FieldTap auto-fills the official form so the layout is always correct.
  • 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 West Virginia CRM fieldwork; consistent records reduce revision cycles.

West Virginia SHPO FAQ

Does FieldTap export the WV site form?

Yes. You import the Archaeological Site form once, map fields once, and every record exports a fully populated PDF with UTM coordinates — no retyping.

Can we map a custom WV form?

Yes. Report Builder accepts any PDF, including the Word or PDF inventory forms and internal QA forms.

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.

Map West Virginia site forms once. Submit forever.

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