GeoLayer / Borehole Log Digitiser
GeoLayer and RSLog both work with borehole logs, but they are built for different jobs. RSLog (by Rocscience) is a cloud platform for managing all your borehole data end to end; GeoLayer is a specialised AI tool for getting data out of existing PDF, scanned and handwritten logs into portable formats.
RSLog is an all-in-one cloud borehole data-management platform: customisable log templates, GIS mapping, a free field-data collection app, cross-section design, project reporting, and an OCR feature that digitises paper logs. If you want to run your whole borehole-data workflow in one system, that is what RSLog is designed for.
GeoLayer is a focused AI digitiser. You upload existing borehole log PDFs — scanned, photographed or handwritten — its AI extracts depth, strata, SPT N-values and RQD, you review every value on screen with confidence flags, then export to AGS4, Excel, CAD (DXF) and CSV, ready for gINT, OpenGround or any database. It also builds reports, plots and 3D ground models from the same extraction. It is tool-agnostic: it turns your logs into portable data you can use anywhere.
| GeoLayer | RSLog | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Specialised AI borehole log digitiser | Cloud borehole data-management platform |
| Best for | Digitising existing PDF, scanned & handwritten logs into portable data | Managing borehole data end to end in one platform |
| Digitising paper / PDF logs | AI extraction — core focus, with on-screen confidence review | Yes — OCR digitisation feature |
| Also includes | Reports, data plots and 3D ground models from the extraction | GIS mapping, field-data app, cross-sections, reporting |
| Exports | AGS4, Excel, CAD (DXF), CSV — for gINT, OpenGround or your DB | PDF / Excel summaries; cross-sections to AutoCAD, Civil 3D |
| Vendor | GeoLayer | Rocscience |
If you are adopting a single cloud platform to collect, manage and report all your borehole data, RSLog is built for that. If your priority is turning a backlog of existing PDF or paper logs into clean, portable data you can use anywhere, GeoLayer is purpose-built for that extraction — and because it exports standard AGS4 and Excel, you can even digitise in GeoLayer and load the data into RSLog or any other tool.
They overlap but focus differently. RSLog is a cloud platform for managing borehole data end to end — logging, GIS, field collection, cross-sections and reporting — and includes OCR to digitise paper logs. GeoLayer is a specialised AI tool for extracting data from existing PDF, scanned and handwritten logs into portable formats (AGS4, Excel, CAD). Which fits depends on whether you want a full platform or a focused digitiser.
Yes — RSLog includes an OCR feature that digitises paper borehole logs. GeoLayer specialises in AI extraction from PDF, scanned and handwritten logs, with an on-screen, confidence-flagged review of every value before export.
Yes. GeoLayer exports standard AGS4, Excel and CSV, so you can digitise existing logs in GeoLayer and bring the structured data into RSLog or any other geotechnical tool.
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