About LayeredGeo

Why we built this

A geotechnical desktop study is a routine task - pull geology, soils, topography, and bore data for a given address from state government portals, compile it into a PDF. Done dozens of times a week by engineers, planners, and conveyancers across QLD and NSW.

But each manual study can take an hour or more: navigating different GIS portals, downloading layers, making maps, formatting a document. Multiply that across a busy pipeline and it adds up fast.

We built the tools to automate that - and kept going. The same underlying data (flood risk, elevation, terrain) matters just as much to someone buying a property as it does to an engineer designing one.

What we build

For built environment professionals: Geotechnical reports and GIS data exports that pull geology, soils, groundwater, topography and bore data for any QLD or NSW address - assembled in minutes, not hours. See our how it works page or the methodology and data sources for full detail.

For property buyers: Scout, a Chrome extension that overlays flood, elevation, terrain, road and price-estimate data on every realestate.com.au listing as you browse.

All data is sourced from QLD SLIP, NSW Six Maps, NSW Seamless Geology, the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS), and other state government portals.

Who it's for

LayeredGeo is used by geotechnical engineers, civil engineers, environmental consultants, town planners, property developers, and home buyers. Our professional tools are a starting point for desktop study - not a substitute for a licensed geotechnical investigation.

Coverage

Currently supports Queensland and New South Wales street addresses. Data sources, coverage quality, and spatial resolution vary by state and by dataset - see How It Works for full detail.