<s>
GSI3D	B-Application
(	O
Geological	O
Surveying	O
and	O
Investigation	O
in	O
3	O
dimensions	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
methodology	O
and	O
associated	O
software	O
tool	O
for	O
3D	O
geologic	O
modeling	O
developed	O
by	O
Hans-Georg	O
Sobisch	O
(	O
INSIGHT	O
Geologische	O
Softwaresysteme	O
,	O
Germany	O
)	O
over	O
the	O
last	O
20	O
years	O
initially	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
Geological	O
Survey	O
of	O
Lower	O
Saxony	O
(	O
LBEG	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Oldenburg-Ostfriesland	O
Waterboard	O
(	O
OOWV	O
)	O
in	O
Germany	O
and	O
from	O
2006	O
–	O
2010	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
the	O
British	O
Geological	O
Survey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GSI3D	B-Application
has	O
been	O
further	O
developed	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
solely	O
available	O
as	O
INSIGHT	O
's	O
SubsurfaceViewer	O
MX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
data	O
is	O
stored	O
in	O
extensible	O
mark-up	O
language	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
GSI3D	B-Application
utilises	O
a	O
digital	B-Application
elevation	I-Application
model	I-Application
,	O
surface	O
geological	O
linework	O
and	O
downhole	O
borehole	O
and	O
geophysical	O
data	O
to	O
enable	O
the	O
geologist	O
to	O
construct	O
cross	O
sections	O
by	O
correlating	O
boreholes	O
and	O
the	O
outcrops	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
geological	O
fence	O
diagram	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GSI3D	B-Application
enables	O
the	O
efficient	O
capture	O
of	O
tacit	O
and	O
implicit	O
knowledge	O
which	O
was	O
until	O
now	O
trapped	O
in	O
geologist	O
's	O
heads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
April	O
2010	O
and	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
The	O
British	O
Geological	O
Survey	O
operated	O
the	O
5-year	O
GSI3D	B-Application
Research	O
Consortium	O
under	O
license	O
from	O
INSIGHT	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
not-for-profit	O
consortium	O
provided	O
subscription-based	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
BGS-customized	O
version	O
of	O
GSI3D	B-Application
along	O
with	O
a	O
website	O
and	O
support	O
package	O
as	O
a	O
platform	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
geological	O
modelling	O
community	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
cross-section	O
methodology	O
.	O
</s>
