Objectives
The objectives of the World-wide Hydrogeological Mapping and Assessment Programme (WHYMAP) are to
- summarise groundwater information on global scale
show groundwater data on maps and map applications
- Groundwater Resources Map of the World, scale 1 : 25 000 000
- thematic special edition maps, scale 1 : 50 000 000
- small scale maps for publications and presentations
- WHYMAP GIS
- WHYMAP Viewer
provide map information for international discussion on water
- World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)
- World Water Development Reports (WWDR)
- World Water Forum
- exchange information on groundwater with other research and development projects