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Detailed Information

Software name

drillapi

Localised name

Drillapi

Application suite

drillcheck

Repository URL

https://github.com/SFOE/drillapi.git(publiccode.yml)

Based on

Organisation

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE)

Short description

Suitability for geothermal drilling in switzerland REST API querying cantonal geoservices

Long description

Query the cantonal geoservices to know whether a site in Switzerland is suitable for a geothermal drilling.

What does this FastAPI project do ?

  • take x/y coordinates in EPSG:2056 on route /v1/x/y
  • find in which canton the coordinates are and retrieve specific geoservice configuration
  • send request to corresponding cantonal geoservices, depending on location
  • process and reclass the results (1: OK, 2: With restriction, 3: Forbidden, 4: Unknown or Service Error)
  • return response used by drill-frontend vuejs web app

Documentation

https://github.com/SFOE/drillapi

API documentation

https://drillapi.drillcheck-prod.prometheon.bfe.admin.ch/docs

Features

  • Get geothermal drilling suitability at given x/y location in swiss reference system MN95

Development status

stable

Software type

standalone/backend

Software version

v0.2.2

Release date

24.08.2026

Platforms

web

Categories

geographic-information-systems

License

AGPL-3.0-only

Maintenance

Maintenance type:
internal
Contacts:
  • SFOEN Email Phone: +41 58 462 56 11 (Affiliation: geoinformation@bfe.admin.ch)

Localisation

Localisation ready:
Yes
Available languages:
de, fr, it, en

Publiccode.yml Version

0.5.0