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