Hydrogeological Map of Switzerland - Groundwater Resources 1:500,000 (opendata.swiss)
Swiss federal (FOEN/swisstopo) 1:500,000 hydrogeological map representing the various groundwater resources of Switzerland and their productiveness, available as downloadable geodata.
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At a glance
- Region
- Switzerland (Europe)
- Coverage
- National
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- hydrogeological map
- groundwater resources
- aquifer productivity
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Trend hotspots
Find where water tables are falling year after year.
Because it has: hydrogeological map
- 02
Recharge planning
Site recharge structures and new borewells with evidence.
- 03
Water budgets
Estimate draft and recharge for a block, district or basin.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Gap filling
Rebuild missing well readings from neighbours, rainfall and season.
- 02
Level forecasts
Forecast pre- and post-monsoon levels well by well.
- 03
Stress mapping
Combine wells with satellite gravity and rainfall to map aquifer stress.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
opendata.swiss CKAN/DCAT API with OGC services
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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