WHYMAP Interactive Map Viewer (BGR)
BGR's interactive World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping (WHYMAP) web viewer providing layers on groundwater resources, vulnerability, karst aquifers, river/groundwater basins and natural radionuclides in groundwater.
whymap.bgr.de
At a glance
- Region
- Germany (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Hydrogeology
- Aquifer Map
- Web Map
- WMS
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: Hydrogeology
- 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
map.apps web GIS backed by BGR WMS services
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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