<div dir="auto"><div><div>Lars and list.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 12, 2025, 02:24 Uhlmann, Lars via QGIS-User <<a href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi to everyone!<br>
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My name is Lars Uhlmann and I am studying Geothermics at the Technical <br>
University of Munich and at the Friedrich-Alexander University of <br>
Erlangen-Nürnberg. At the moment I am doing my Master Thesis with the <br>
topic "Creation of a subsurface model for Erlangen and derivation of <br>
geothermal potential".<br>
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That is why I am writing this email, as I need help with how to display <br>
the underground model in QGIS.<br>
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I believe that it is possible to represent the thermal conductivity of <br>
the subsurface in subsurface polygons down to a depth of 50 metres. The <br>
Problem is that I dont know how to do that by myself.<br>
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Just a quick addition to give you a better idea of the data basis. I <br>
have around 400 boreholes in the urban area of Erlangen (80 km²) with <br>
depths ranging from 1 to 200 metres. These are very well documented <br>
stratigraphically (in some cases in 1 m increments). I would like to <br>
connect these layers and then, for example, form a 2D surface of the <br>
subsoil every 5 metres in order to map the thermal conductivities there. <br>
The data is available as an Excel file.<br>
Please feel free to write to me if you need further information.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Subsurface data interpolation is often carried out using Kriging and there is good support for that in QGIS as well as many articles and tutorials written on the topic.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Try searching for</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">qgis borehole kriging conductivity</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">In your favourite search engine.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Note that it's worthwhile spending a bit of your time to understand the basis of Kriging vs the assumptions you are making about the spatial distribution of conductivity so that you can defend your use of it.</div></div>