Project Details


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Geospatial portal


Description

The process of the project is collecting and linking geographical environmental data and information to a unified base and making it available through an integrated portal for the Authority’s employees and its affiliated directorates and departments in order to organize and facilitate access to information at any time and from anywhere in a manner consistent with the policy of information security in the Sultanate so that it contributes to the process of supporting decision-making for environmental projects.
This portal aims to:
1. Facilitating access to environmental information.
2. Assisting the Authority's employees in collecting their environmental data in a unified database.
3. Inform the specialists of their data and the possibility of building reports and extracting maps accordingly.
4. Reducing the cost of building and purchasing an integrated system for geographic information systems in each competent directorate or department.
5. Switching from paper services.
6. Dissemination of information to the largest number of beneficiaries.

Project website

https://geoweb.ea.gov.om


Action lines related to this project
  • AL C7. E-environment 2023
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 17: Partnerships for the goals

Coverage
  • Environment Authority, Oman

Status

Completed

Start date

2019

End date

2022


WSIS values promotion

Easy access to environmental information.


Entity name

Environment Authority (EA)

Entity country—type

Oman Government

Entity website

https://www.ea.gov.om