About LayeredGeo
Data-driven property tools for QLD, NSW and VIC - built for professionals and buyers alike.
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, NSW and VIC.
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
Four products, all driven by the same authoritative government data and all covering QLD, NSW and VIC.
Geotechnical Reports: a compiled PDF desktop study for any address - geology, soils, acid sulfate risk, groundwater and bore logs, topography and imagery maps. Assembled in minutes, not hours.
Planning Reports: an instant PDF on the planning constraints for a site - zoning, flood, bushfire, heritage, vegetation and overlays - with a free interactive overlay map to check on screen first.
GIS Data Export: the raw spatial layers for a site and its surrounds - cadastre, contours, watercourses, geology, soils and elevation - delivered as DXF, Shapefile, GeoPackage or KMZ, ready to load straight into your CAD or GIS.
Scout: a Chrome extension for property buyers that overlays flood, elevation, terrain, road and price-estimate data on every realestate.com.au listing as you browse.
Alongside these we publish free tools for everyday site work, including the AS 2870 site classification calculator and the 12d to DXF converter.
Data is sourced from QSpatial and the Queensland Government spatial services, NSW Six Maps and Seamless Geology, Vicmap and DataVic, the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS), council planning schemes, and other state and federal government portals. See the methodology and data sources for the full list.
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, New South Wales and Victoria street addresses. Data sources, coverage quality, and spatial resolution vary by state and by dataset - see How It Works for full detail.