Action plan for the digitisation of the geological subsurface
The Federal Council's ‘Digitalisation of the geological subsurface’ action plan supports the safeguarding of future investments by the public and private sectors in the subsurface through the provision of comprehensive and harmonised digital geological data. It focuses on the following fields: standards, harmonisation, production and access, and is coordinated with various other strategies and policy areas. The implementation of the action plan will facilitate the exchange and use of geological data between the Confederation, the cantons and the private sector and improve its availability.
The measure will make the following improvements: Better access to and use of digital geological data. It primarily aims to improve the availability of data and knowledge about the geological subsurface.
It will achieve its purpose by Data sets from the Confederation and cantons will be uniformly digitised and processed on the basis of standards to accelerate the creation of comprehensive, harmonised geological data sets and models and to simplify the exchange of geological data.
This advances Digital Switzerland because the digital availability of geological data helps to secure investments in the subsurface, as data is no longer collected several times, but can be used repeatedly and repeatedly, and the improved data situation improves subsurface predictions.
Milestones
- 2023: Access to geological data of the subsurface available via 3D viewer
- 2024: Completion of the digitisation and processing of federal and cantonal geological archives
Further information
Status
| Start | 2022 |
|---|---|
| End | 2029 |
Responsible
Departments
Goals
The population and the economy can use digital methods to conduct their business with the authorities
Domains
Digital public services
Public authorities offer their services digitally as standard (digital first).