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Title: OMAN TOURIST ATLAS


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OMAN TOURIST ATLAS PRODUCTION USING GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND GLOBAL POSINTING
SYSTEM (GPS)
Dr Lotfy Azaz Dr Talal Al-Awadhi GIS
and Urban Planning Sections, Geography
Department College of Arts and Social
Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Lotfy_azaz_at_yaho
o.co.uk
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Contents
  • Introduction
  • The Project
  • Project Phases
  • Phase 1
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3
  • Phase 4
  • Future Phase (s)
  • Value

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Introduction
  • His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said emphasizes the
    importance of diversification of Omani national
    income.
  • Oman is gifted with plenty of unique
    archeological, cultural, tourist resources.

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Introduction
  • These resources if invested well - can put Oman
    in the position where the tourism can represent a
    big share of the national income compared with
    current situation.
  • Therefore, there is a growing official interest
    to give more attention to tourism sector.

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The Project
  • Part of this interest was characterized by the
    cooperation between Ministry of Tourism and
    Geography department of Sultan Qaboos University
    to quantify all available archeological,
    cultural, and tourist resources in Oman.

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SPATIAL DATABASE AND WEB PORTAL FOR TOURIST
RESOURCES OF OMAN USING REMOTE SENSING,
GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS), AND WEBGIS
FOR THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM
  • DR LOTFY KAMAL ABDOU AZAZ
  • DR TALAL AL-AWADHI
    NASEER AL-NAMANI
  • MOHD AL-BARAWANI
    AMINA AL-BALUSHI
  • HAITHAM AL-GHASANI
    ISAMAIL AL-RAWAHI
  • Sultan Qaboos University and Ministry of Tourism

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The Project
  • Spatial database using Geographic Information
    Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems
    (GPS) can be used for that purpose.

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Project Phases
  • Phase 1
  • In the middle of 2007, the project started with
    Data Collection phase through filed Surveys all
    over the Sultanate of Oman.
  • Members from our integrated team collected
    coordinates data using GPS devices and ancillary
    data as well (digital photos, descriptive
    dataetc).

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Nizwa Castle
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Project Phases
  • Phase 2
  • The second phase started late 2007, where, all
    spatial data were transferred to our customized
    spatial database using ArcGIS for processing.
  • Ancillary data were linked to the spatial data
    as attributes.

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Project Phases
  • Phase 3
  • The third phase, Data Delivery, where GIS data
    were delivered to Ministry of Tourism to be used
    as a base for the GIS unit and to be used for
    WebGIS portal of Ministry of Tourism.

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Project Phases
  • Phase 4
  • The fourth phase was maps production for English
    version of OMAN TOURIST ATLAS (Get Going).

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Get Going Official guide and atlas to Oman
  • First edition was published in 2010
  • 308 pages
  • 12 Chapters
  • 101 maps with different scales
  • Plenty of photographs
  • descriptive information about tourist places in
    Oman.

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OMAN TOURIST ATLAS
  • In 2013, the Arabic version of OMAN TOURIST ATLAS
    was published.

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Project Phases
  • Future Phase (s)
  • Building Web Portal containing all necessary
    tourist information about Oman (tourist
    attractions, hotels, ..etc) linked with its
    locations and publish it on the Ministry of
    Tourism web site using the integration between
    Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Web
    publishing (WebGIS).
  • We hope that Ministry of Tourism support this
    final Phase.

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End Products
  • Spatial Database
  • Oman Tourist Atlas (Arabic and English versions)
  • Web GIS Portal

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Project benefits
  • These outcomes will enable tourists and holiday
    makers to plan their tours to Oman in advance and
    book it as well.
  • To help and encourage tourists and residents of
    Oman to visit such sites.
  • Moreover, the final results of this project may
    have a significant scientific feedback in the
    fields of Archeology, Culture, and tourism.

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Project benefits
  • These outcomes may help to achieve short and long
    term goals of the Ministry of Tourism in
    developing tourism sector for the benefit of
    Omani Economy.

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Thank You For Your Attention
OMAN TOURIST ATLAS PRODUCTION USING GEOGRAPHIC
INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND GLOBAL POSINTING
SYSTEM (GPS)
Dr Lotfy Azaz and Dr Talal Al-Awadhi GIS
and Urban Planning Sections, Geography
Department College of Arts and Social
Sciences Sultan Qaboos University Lotfy_azaz_at_yaho
o.co.uk
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