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.

LayeredGeo automates the data collection, mapping, and report assembly. The same information, compiled consistently, in 2–4 minutes.

What's in the report

Every report pulls from state government authoritative datasets:

• Geology — detailed geological units from QLD Spatial Information Services or NSW Seamless Geology WFS
• Soils — Australian Soil Classification order and code; acid sulfate soil risk
• Topography — digital elevation model and terrain context maps
• Groundwater — depth-to-groundwater estimates from the nearest bores, water level records from QLD and NSW monitoring databases
• Imagery — current satellite imagery and the oldest available historical aerial photograph

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, and property developers for desktop study and site screening work. It is not a substitute for a licensed geotechnical investigation — it's a starting point.

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.