About
About
We draw terrain the way it was surveyed.
We draw terrain the way it was surveyed.
Hachure began with a plain complaint: terrain reports that looked finished and could not be checked. We build tools that keep the survey visible all the way to the final page.
Hachure began with a plain complaint: terrain reports that looked finished and could not be checked. We build tools that keep the survey visible all the way to the final page.
Mission
Mission
Make terrain knowledge something that can be inherited. When a slope is assessed today, the person who reads it in ten years should find the ground, the method and the doubts, all in one place.
Make terrain knowledge something that can be inherited. When a slope is assessed today, the person who reads it in ten years should find the ground, the method and the doubts, all in one place.
Show the source
Show the source
A result without its inputs is an opinion. Ours always come with both.
A result without its inputs is an opinion. Ours always come with both.
State the limit
State the limit
Every study ends with what it cannot say. That page is the most read one.
Every study ends with what it cannot say. That page is the most read one.
Keep it slow
Keep it slow
Fast models are easy. Checked models take a second reader and a day on foot.
Fast models are easy. Checked models take a second reader and a day on foot.
Stay readable
Stay readable
A good report is understood by the engineer, the auditor and the person who inherits it.
A good report is understood by the engineer, the auditor and the person who inherits it.
The record
The record
A practice built around checks.
A practice built around checks.
24
24
Sample sites reviewed
Sample sites reviewed
3
3
Independent checks per model
Independent checks per model
18
18
Years of method records
Years of method records
1:1
1:1
Survey lines kept traceable
Survey lines kept traceable
All figures are illustrative samples for this template.
Our beginning
Our beginning
The report needed a margin.
The report needed a margin.
2018
2018
A question left open
A question left open
A slope report showed a clean surface, but not how its lines were drawn. The team began keeping the survey beside every result.
A slope report showed a clean surface, but not how its lines were drawn. The team began keeping the survey beside every result.
2021
2021
The first field ledger
The first field ledger
Repeat visits, control points and uncertain areas went into one record. A second reader could follow each step back to the ground.
Repeat visits, control points and uncertain areas went into one record. A second reader could follow each step back to the ground.
2024
2024
A method others can check
A method others can check
The ledger became a set of terrain tools for geotechnical, forestry and infrastructure teams. Each study still ends with its limits.
The ledger became a set of terrain tools for geotechnical, forestry and infrastructure teams. Each study still ends with its limits.
Open roles
Open roles
Join the survey.
Join the survey.
Sample roles for layout. Replace with real openings.
Sample roles for layout. Replace with real openings.
Next step
Next step
Start with the ground you know.
Start with the ground you know.
Share a site, a survey or an open question. We can help decide what a careful study should include.
Share a site, a survey or an open question. We can help decide what a careful study should include.