{"id":101400,"date":"2026-05-11T10:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T10:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geostru.ai\/en\/gms-nx\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:50:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:50:35","slug":"gms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geostru.ai\/fr\/products\/gms\/","title":{"rendered":"GMS NX"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"color:#163838;font-size:56px;font-weight:700;line-height:1.1;margin:0;\">GMS NX<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"color:#4a6161;font-size:22px;line-height:1.5;font-weight:500;margin:16px 0 0 0;\">Geomechanical survey of rock-mass discontinuities, from compass to stability report. All in a single web app.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"nx-product-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1080px;margin:0 auto;padding:0 30px;\">\n<p>GMS NX is the new web generation of the GeoStru program for representing and processing geo-structural surveys of discontinuities in rock masses, carried out in the field with the compass-and-clinometer method following the ISRM recommendations. It inherits the formulas of GMS desktop, brings them inside the browser, and enriches them with 3D stereonet, native map, AI-assisted import and a smartphone compass companion.<\/p>\n\n<p>The survey procedure follows the ISRM recommendations <em>\u201cSuggested Methods for the Quantitative Description of Discontinuities in Rock Masses\u201d<\/em>, translated into Italian by O. Del Greco in the <em>Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica<\/em> \u2014 R.I.G. 2\/93.<\/p>\n\n<figure style=\"position:relative;width:100%;max-width:960px;margin:2em auto;aspect-ratio:16\/9;\"><iframe style=\"position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1AqRYm1iP4\" title=\"GMS NX \u2014 GeoMechanical Survey\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; margin: 1em 0;\">\n  <thead>\n    <tr style=\"background:#f3f4f6;\">\n      <th style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px; text-align:left;\">Area<\/th>\n      <th style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px; text-align:left;\">Detail<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>2D stereonet<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Equal-area Schmidt\u2013Lambert or equal-angle Wulff projection, polar or equatorial view, live toggle.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>3D stereonet<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Sphere rotatable with the mouse: poles, great circles, intersection wedges and slope plane in perspective.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Great circles<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Mean-plane great circles per joint set, hemisphere selection (Upper\/Lower), toggle between Pole \/ Great circle \/ Both.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Fisher statistics<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Concentration parameter <em>k<\/em>, confidence cone \u03b1<sub>95<\/sub>, magnitude of the resultant <em>R\u0302<\/em>. 1-NN spherical assignment with configurable tolerance.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Distributions<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Star diagram of dip directions, Denness isodensity on 100 spherical cells, ISRM modal histograms on aperture, spacing, persistence.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Markland kinematic test<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Planar sliding and wedge failure per Hoek &amp; Bray (1981), toppling per Goodman &amp; Bray (1976), with operational verdict and recommended countermeasures (scaling, rock bolting, anchors, rockfall nets, reinforced shotcrete, sub-horizontal drains).<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>AI import<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Automatic extraction of dip\/dip-direction from unstructured text (field notebook, legacy PDF reports, heterogeneous tabular data).<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Compass NX<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Installable PWA on iOS and Android smartphones (evolution of eGeoCompass): native phone compass and clinometer, GPS, photo and voice note per joint. Desktop transfer via a six-digit numeric code, with no Wi-Fi and no shared account.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Native map<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">OpenStreetMap, topographic and satellite backgrounds. Each joint in decimal geographic coordinates (lat\/lon to six decimals) and UTM projection.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>3D point cloud<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Import .PLY \/ .XYZ from photogrammetric drone or LiDAR scanner, with interactive extraction of discontinuity planes.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Export<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Structured Word (.docx) report, DXF of the stereonet for AutoCAD, CSV of orientations, vector SVG, high-resolution PNG.<\/td><\/tr>\n    <tr><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\"><strong>Save<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"border:1px solid #d1d5db; padding:10px;\">Continuous cloud autosave, reopen the project from any browser \u2014 no installs, no hardware keys.<\/td><\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<h3>What GMS NX adds over GMS desktop<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n  <li><strong>Rotatable 3D stereonet<\/strong> \u2014 the three-dimensional sphere with poles, great circles, wedges and the slope plane represented in perspective.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>AI Import<\/strong> \u2014 automatic extraction of orientations from free text.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Compass NX<\/strong> \u2014 installable PWA on the phone, with GPS, photo and voice note.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Six-digit transfer code<\/strong> \u2014 from phone to PC without Wi-Fi, without shared accounts.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Native map<\/strong> \u2014 OSM, topographic and satellite, UTM coordinates and lat\/lon to six decimals.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Point cloud<\/strong> \u2014 import from LiDAR and photogrammetry, with plane extraction in a 3D environment.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Markland verdict with countermeasures<\/strong> \u2014 not only the number of critical kinematisms, but also the indication of typical stabilization works to be considered at preliminary design stage.<\/li>\n  <li><strong>Cloud autosave<\/strong> \u2014 no work lost, reopen the project from any device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>Professional target<\/h3>\n\n<p>Applied geologists, geotechnical engineers, rock-slope consolidation designers, consultancy firms, construction companies operating in rock-slope stability, universities and PhD programs in applied geology.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Report output<\/h3>\n\n<p>The Word (.docx) technical report generated by GMS NX is structured for immediate delivery to the client or for inclusion in a project file. It includes: cover page with project and site data, survey description, extended table of orientations following the 15-column ISRM scheme, Fisher summary of identified joint sets (k, \u03b1<sub>95<\/sub>, R\u0302), Markland kinematic verification section complete with verdict, numerical KPIs and table of critical kinematisms. Charts (stereonet, rose, isodensity, histograms) are inserted as high-resolution images, derived directly from the on-screen vector rendering.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>GeoStru NX Suite<\/strong> \u2014 GMS NX is part of the new web generation of GeoStru applications. Stratigrapher NX, Computo NX, LiquiTer NX and the other applications in the suite share the same cloud environment, the same authentication system, and talk directly to each other on project data.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GMS NX is the new web generation of the GeoStru program for representing and processing geo-structural surveys of discontinuities in rock masses, carried out in the field with the compass-and-clinometer method following the ISRM recommendations. 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