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Stratigraphic recording is at the basis of any scientific archaeological investigation. It is the memory of what has been excavated and then destroyed, and it allows scholars to collect information following a reasoned and rigorous procedure. The use of databases and their implementation through increasingly complex tools force us to harmonize and rationalize field recording and helps save time and improve efficiency, a primary issue for preventive archaeology. At the Inrap, in the context of the Seine-North Europe Canal project, a technical platform is working hand in hand with the field teams. This technical support has been used in Noyon (Oise) for the implementation and the follow-up of the recording system. The vastness of the operation influenced the choice of several techniques. Four field tablets, made available by the Inrap Direction Scientifique et Technique, were used. Each one was equipped with the database CADoc (by T. Guillemard) and the system Stratifiant (by B. Desachy) for the treatment of stratigraphical data. In addition, management and querying of spatial data were carried out directly on the terrain. The example of Noyon is the departure point for the presentation of these methods and allows the authors to discuss their advantages and drawbacks.