GeoLayer / Borehole Log Digitiser
GeoLayer and Civils.ai both use AI to digitise borehole logs, including scanned and handwritten ones. The main differences are scope — GeoLayer is specialised on borehole logs and the geotechnical workflow, while Civils.ai is a broader AI platform spanning civil-engineering tasks — and how the review step works.
Civils.ai is a broad AI automation platform for civil engineering: alongside geotechnical borehole and lab-data extraction (to AGS and Excel), it covers areas such as earthworks and quantity takeoffs. Civils.ai describes a human-in-the-loop review by its own engineering team before outputs are delivered.
GeoLayer is a specialised, self-serve borehole log digitiser. You upload logs, the AI extracts depth, strata, SPT and RQD, and you review each value on screen with confidence flags — instantly, in your own hands — then export to AGS4, Excel, CAD (DXF) and CSV, and generate reports, plots and 3D ground models from the same data.
| GeoLayer | Civils.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Specialised borehole log digitiser + geotech workflow | Broad civil-engineering AI platform (geotech, earthworks, takeoffs) |
| Scanned & handwritten logs | Yes — core focus | Yes |
| Extracts | Depth, strata, SPT, RQD and coordinates | Borehole & lab data — geology, thickness, water level, SPT, coordinates |
| Review | Self-serve — you review every value on screen with confidence flags | Human-in-the-loop review by Civils.ai’s team before delivery |
| Exports | AGS4, Excel, CAD (DXF), CSV | AGS, Excel |
| Beyond extraction | Reports, data plots, 3D ground models | 3D models, 2D sections, geo-referenced mapping |
If you need one AI platform across many civil-engineering tasks — earthworks and quantity takeoffs as well as geotechnical data — Civils.ai is broad by design. If your focus is borehole logs specifically — digitising them end to end, keeping the review in your own hands, and exporting to AGS4, Excel and CAD plus reports and 3D models — GeoLayer is built for exactly that.
Both use AI to digitise borehole logs, including scanned and handwritten ones. GeoLayer is specialised on borehole logs and the geotechnical workflow, with a self-serve on-screen review of every value; Civils.ai is a broader civil-engineering AI platform whose geotechnical extraction is reviewed by its own engineering team before delivery.
Yes — both GeoLayer and Civils.ai can process scanned and handwritten borehole logs, not just clean digital PDFs.
GeoLayer exports AGS4, Excel, CAD (DXF) and CSV, and also produces reports, plots and 3D ground models. Civils.ai outputs AGS and Excel and offers 3D models and 2D sections.
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