Al Ansari
Al Ansari is one of the leading corporate groups, a well-known brand for the reliable contracting, trading, service and manufacturing activities in Oman. Established in 1975, Al Ansari group has Infrastructure, clean and waste water management, Civil and Building construction, Electro-mechanical works, Rebar cut and bend, Instrument Trading, Calibration and Repairs, Electroplating and Building material trading. It has earned a reputation of customer satisfaction as well as loyalty by delivering the highest quality with international HSE standards. The group is associated with many reputed and landmark projects in Oman with pride. It is certified by various international standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 17025 along with various appreciation letters from its stakeholders. The industry demands high productivity, precision and reliability in a tough environment. Stonex is a multinational company, designing and manufacturing high precision surveying instruments for different applications: Civil engineering, Topography, Security, Transportation and Mining. Stonex product range includes: Total stations, GNSS/GPS receivers, Laser Scanner, etc. Established in 1975, Al Ansari group has expanded into many different verticals in Oman and has proven track record of delivering quality, reliable solutions on all the projects that have played a vital role in the development of Oman’s infrastructure. Al Ansari is a provider of integrated building, infrastructure and Engineering solutions. We have developed a strong technical staff and delivers a pioneering service in the field of Instrumentation, Calibration & repairs.

Airbus Defence and Space
Through its Geo-Intelligence Portfolio, Airbus Defence and Space is recognized as a World leader in geo-information, pooling an unmatched access to Earth observation satellite imagery with unique expertise and decades of experience in one organisation. Based on an exclusive access to Pléiades, SPOT, TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X (radar and optical satellites), its extensive portfolio spans the entire geo-information value chain. Airbus Defence and Space provides decision-makers with sustainable solutions to increase security, optimize mission planning and operations, boost performance, improve management of natural resources and, last but not least, protect our environment. Smarter decision-making through premium satellite imagery, products and services.

Bahwan Telecom (Leica)
“The Suhail Bahwan Group is one of the foremost corporate business houses in the Sultanate of Oman. From a small trading enterprise in 1965, the Group has grown to become a multibillion dollar corporate enterprise with over 40 companies in the Sultanate of Oman and across the Gulf Region, North Africa and South Asia. The Group’s diversified businesses cover almost every aspect of people’s lives - from automobiles, electronics, computers, travel, lifestyle and healthcare to agriculture, construction, engineering, information technology, manufacturing, oil and gas services and telecommunications. Bahwan Projects & Telecoms LLC, one of the flagship companies of the Group, specializes in planning and executing large scale infrastructure and Industrial projects in Telecommunications and Broadcasting, Oil and Gas, Petrochemicals, Power, Water and Defense sectors. Bahwan Projects & Telecoms has business relationship with Leica Geosystems for over two decades. Together they have successfully worked in all major infrastructure / construction projects.”

CAE Aviation
CAE Aviation is a limited founded in 1971, It has developed its activities in general aviation maintenance and aerial work. Out main customers are NATO, EUFOR, UN agencies, the European Union, Ministries of Defence, Interior and Foreign Affairs, International aid agencies, oil and geophysical companies. We are focussing our activities on aircraft modifications and operations ranging from para-dropping, minefield detection, locust control, maritime survey, geophysical surveying, aerial photography, airborne ground surveillance etc. in Europe, Africa and Middle East.

Dawood Engineering Consultancy
Dawood Engineering Consultancy (DEC) officially opened its doors in 2003, prior to this (1998) it was known as JohnSnellgrove&Dawood Engineering Consultancy. Following 10 years of managed growth and expansion DEC offers start to finish services with the ability to combine expertise in the Architectural, Electrical Engineering and Geomatics disciplines. GIS Services:
• GIS field survey & data collection
• Geospatial database creation, conversion and migration
• GIS application design, development and implementation (Web & Desktop)
• Data migration (CAD to GIS Conversion)
• GIS analysis, study & solution definition
• Satellite image interpretation

Other services
• Various other kinds of Surveying
• Electrical Engineering
• Urban planning
• Architecture and Civil Engineering

Mena 3DServices
Mena 3D offers complete 3D measurement and Geospatial solutions for broad range of applications. Mena3D's strength is the knowledge in 3D technology and the expertise in the 3D market development, especially in Middle East and North Africa. We focus on offering solutions and support that enable customers to accelerate their product quality and productivity.We are a European based Company and our Headquarters are located in Germany. We have several offices in the Middle East and North Africa.

Fugro Middle East & Partners LLC
Fugro Middle East & Partners LLC [FMEP] is based in Muscat, Omanand provides the full spectrum of survey and geotechnical services to our clients throughout the country. Our Oman office is staffed by a team of experienced, professional staff that can be supplemented with personnel and equipment from other Fugro offices around the world. Fugro is proud of their long history in Oman and look forward to providing our clients with high quality servicesdelivered safely and on schedule for many years to come.

GeoImage
Geoimage is composed of Geoimage Geographical Maps, established in Dubai in January 2007, and Geoimage Survey, established in Dubai in August 2010. Geoimage is specialized in providing consultancy services in Geospatial Data generation, processing and analysis, Digital Mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Real Estate Survey Services. Geoimage is employing highly qualified geospatial data consultants with over 29 years experience. Geoimage offers products and services in digital photogrammetry, topographic mapping, surveying, remote sensing, and GIS applications. Geoimage supplied GIS consultancy services and executed mapping projects in Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. Geoimage is Distributor for Airbus Defence and Space.

GMap LLC
G Map LLC is one of the leading Land Survey Service providing company in Oman since 2004 . We are equipped with latest land survey instruments like GPS, 3D Lazer Pulse Total Station to undertake the most challenging of projects and successfully complete them to the highest standard within time budget. Our mission is to provide professional cost efficient and precise & quality assured services in all sectors of Land Surveying, Road Design & Cut – fill volume computation. Our Services: Topographic Survey; Route Survey; Road Survey & Design; Setting Out; GPS Control Survey; Open Mine Survey; Plot Survey & Sub Division; Site Investigation Surveys; Improvement / As-Built Survey; Longitudinal & Cross Section Survey of Dam & Reservoirs; Quantity Computation Survey for Earthwork.

Haya Water
The Oman Wastewater Services Company (Haya Water) was established in December 2002 as a closed joint stock company fully owned by the government of the Sultanate of Oman. The company was awarded the concession right to operate the sanitation sector in Muscat Governorate by virtue of the Royal Decree No. 69/2005 in order to develop the sewerage system in Muscat Governorate. The company is taking steady steps towards the implementation of one of the most complex and largest engineering projects of its kind in the water reuse sector, as Haya Water is committed to achieve its main objective of “Making Muscat a Better City” through the enhancement of the health level for all its inhabitants through eliminating all causes of pollution resulting from the traditional sanitary drainage systems that cause diseases and epidemics, in addition to protecting the ground water resources against contamination as well as preserving the water resource which is considered as a national treasure that has to be preserved for the sake of the generations to come. Currently, the quantity of treated effluent is around 80.000 m3/day, produced by the Company through 12 treatment plants spreading across Muscat Governorate. And in order to increase the production capacity to become 220.000 m3 /day of treated effluent by 2018, the Company is in the process of building 5 new state-of-the- art treatment plants to replace the existing old treatment plants. Vision: To enable Muscat to become one of the top cities in the world by building and operating the most complex and technologically advanced water-reuse project that connects at least 80 % of the properties by the end of the year 2018. Mission: To serve the society by converting the wastewater into eco-friendly products.

IIC Technologies
IIC Technologies Limited, a 1750 people ISO 9001:2008 certified company, is a premier service bureau organization with offices in North America, European Union, Australia, Middle east and India. An internationally recognized expert in Terrestrial and Marine GIS, LiDAR and Photogrammetric Mapping solutions, IIC has produced a large volume of 3D databases from aerial and satellite imagery for local, county, state, national and international organizations. The company provides a full breadth of services, including aerial data acquisition, production, updating and maintenance services, quality control, management consulting, utility mapping and training. IIC is the acknowledged leader in marine applications. IIC is providing quality services and innovative solutions to hydrographic offices in over 14 countries all around the world. IIC is the Strategic Alliance partner of CARIS – a world leader in marine and hydrographic application software. IIC has the largest geo surveying capability in India and we are proud to announce the addition of Digital Mapping Camera (DMC II230) and Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft for aerial photography acquisition to our state of the art technologies. IIC is helping the National Survey Authority of Oman in establishing the modern height system in the Sultanate of Oman through Oman National Geoid Model (ONGM) project.

International Geomatic Services
IGS is a 100% Omani privately owned company established in 2007 under the law of Oman with its location based in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The Company is registered with the Ministry of Oil and Gas, (MOG), in the field of Surveying and Mapping Services. IGS provides reliable services in providing solutions in Land Surveying, Mapping, Remotely Sensed data processing and geographically referenced information describing topographical and geographical information and remotely sensed data. The company has a numerous projects with renowned companies in Oman and in the region.

JAL
Jal Technology company is private, 100% Omani-owned company, founded in 2008, Located in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. With an international outlook and global ambitions, the aim is to contribute and provide excellent services and products to the industry we serve. JAL Technology possesses entrepreneurial spirit and bravery in GIS field, referred to the local level and the highest level in the region. Our Vision: JAL Technology is aiming to become one of the top local companies providing the best professional Geospatial services value to our customers using International Standards to support Geospatial community in Oman implementing GIS capability within their business areas with the best practices. Services: JAL provides following services to its clients: GIS Consulting Services; GIS Consultancy; GIS Staff Augmentation Services; GIS Analysis; GIS Capacity Building; Satellite Images Provision & Exploitation; Enterprise GIS solutions; Mobile GIS Applications; Web GIS Map application; GIS Enabled Customized Business Workflow Solutions; GIS Portal design and development; GIS/NSDI system design & integration; Assets Tracking and AVLs; 3D Applications for security and Urban Planning; Spatial Data Development; GIS Database Design and Modelling; GIS Database Auditing and Management; GIS Database Security Policy and Matrix; Satellite Imagery Provider; Satellite Imagery Mosaic and Ortho-rectification; 3D Building Data Production; Geospatial Data Digitization; Technology Partnership. JAL Technology has technical partnership with the best International companies (listed below) in the GIS domain worldwide to offer Premium Services in GIS technology to our customers in the domain of GIS Consulting services, Mapping, Satellite Imageries, 3D Building solutions, Enterprise GIS Solutions in the Sultanate of Oman, and in the Gulf Region with close partnership with international specialized companies in these Fields. GISTEC – ESRI Service Provider in UAE & Middle East; Vectuel -3D Building Solution – for Security& Civilian Business -France; Here – A Nokia-Navteq Navigation Maps worldwide provider; CBRIDGE Business Solutions, India; GeoImage LLC, -Peliede Satellite Images Reseller, UAE.

Khatib & Alami Partners
Khatib and Alami (K&A) is the leading Geospatial Systems Integrator and the first Esri Platinum Partner in the Middle East, Gulf and North Africa. With more than 25 years of experience in GIS, K&A started in 1959 as a multidisciplinary architectural and engineering consulting company and in 1988 extended its offerings to include GIS services. These services cover 30 markets divided into six specialized segments focusing on Electricity, Municipalities, Water & Sewerage, Government, Energy, and Commercial sectors. Out of 21 regional offices, over 180 of K&A GIS professionals has served clients in 40 cities by successfully implementing more than 270 projects, many of which have received international recognition awards.

LOAY
Loay International LLC, a wholly owned Omani Company, established almost 4 decades ago, represents some of the most reputed and well-known international brands from across the world. Some of the prominent brands represented are SOKKIA, APPLE, EPSON, ACER, and ADOBE covering various markets segments in the Sultanate of Oman. Today, Technical Support Services division of Loay International LLC is the Prime Vendor for Sokkia positioning products (including Land & Hydrography surveying). SOKKIA products range from the highly accurate Industrial & Monitoring 3D Stations to high-tech Robotic & Motorized Total stations, Practical and affordable Construction Total Stations, GPS systems, Field Data collection and Office Processing software. Other products offered include the everyday basic accessories such as tripods, hand tools, construction laser products and supplies. Primary target customers are Govt. Departments, Consultants, Construction companies, Contracting Companies, Land surveying companies, Engineers, Surveyors, GPS/GIS professionals, Education Institutes and Utility providers to name a few. The products offered are not limited to these applications; we also offer products/solutions for customers who are archaeologists, highway patrol accident investigators, shipbuilders, resource managers, and so on. In Short, we cater to almost anyone who needs Precise Positioning, Accurate Measurement, Remote monitoring, Industrial Tacheometery, GIS data collection, construction tools for interiors etc. Loay International LLC, is registered with the Ministry of Commerce & Industry in the “Excellent Grade” under C.R. No. 1/67732/2.

Ministry of Education
Vision
The Ministry of Education is avid to lay on premium standards of learning environment on all measures, focusing principally on education process and its key elements such as administration and mavens and fortifying understructure facilities; in such a way it function its master role in creating a patriotic citizen devoted to his community and appreciates cooperative group work and embraces work values and able to cope with long-life learning strategies and able to live with others peacefully and incorporate in the working force in commitment and responsibility.

Mission
The Ministry of Education leads the mission to prepare a generation capable of carrying the nation’s economic and social development duties .A mastermind of all measures of teaching and learning and school management. It gears all facilities, curricula, evaluation systems and high quality working force to serve all pupils in various education sectors along with deployment of modern technologies proportionate to Digital Oman Community Strategy. It also works to orchestrate all efforts excreted by private sector and the community to serve education, devising the way to powerful and modern consistent modernization contiguous with civilized nations.

Ministry of Manpower
Ministry of Regional Municipality & Water Resources This Ministry's functions are set out in Royal Decree No. 55/2006 as follows:
• Setting up policies, plans and programs for the work in the Municipalities and Water Resources sectors, monitoring work progress ,and taking the necessary follow-up actions to ensure successful implementation.
• Protecting public health and ensuring environmental sanitation as wells as quality control services in laboratories .
• Discovering, assessing and developing water resources, and ensuring their sound management, especially by ensuring their judicious exploitation and consumption.
• Preserving water resources from the exhaustion and economizing water consumption in all spheres, as well as coordinating with relevant authorities in water management.
• Promoting and activating the collaboration and partnership with local and regional organizations and agencies in the spheres of municipal and water services
• Developing human resources through training and retraining
• Providing public awareness of the Ministry’s work field and the need for public cooperation.

National Hydrographic Office
The responsibility for the conduct and supervision of hydrographic surveying and charting delegated to the Royal Navy of Oman by ministerial decree in 1992. The primary purpose of the service is to provide the hydrographic products required to ensure the safety of navigation in Oman territorial waters and support naval operations. Secondary purposes are to supervise the standards of surveys in support of the national interest, hold the national archive of the hydrographic data and provide advice to government bodies with respect to the delimitation of maritime boundaries. The hydrographic service consists of the surveying units based at Said bin Sultan Naval Base and Oman National Hydrographic Office (ONHO). ROYAL NAVY OF OMAN HYDROGRAPHIC UNIT: The Royal Navy of Oman Hydrographic unit based in Said bin Sultan Naval Base at wudam and consists of three sections: Beach survey section; Coastal survey section; Data processing section; SURVEY VESSELS: The Royal Navy of Oman has three survey vessels capable of conducting fully digital surveys of inshore and offshore areas. RNOV AL MABRUKAH; RNOV AL MAKHIRAH; RNOV AL SEEB; OMAN NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE: The National Hydrographic Office was established in 1995 with the task of producting charts and other nautical products in both digital and paper formats to internationally agreed standards which is entirely meet the needs of both civil and defense user.

National Survey Authority
The National Survey Authority (NSA) was established in October 1984 with responsibilities for all survey activities in the Sultanate of Oman and for assembling and maintaining the Sultanate's geographic archives. NSA has a full range of map production capabilities, from survey instruments for collecting details of natural and man-made features on the ground, to a large format, four color printing press for printing the final maps. NSA SERVICES: MAP CHECKING & APPROVAL: The National Survey Authority is responsible for ensuring that all maps covering the Sultanate, its borders and other geographic information are depicted correctly before publication in accordance with the Ministers Cabinet's decision number (9/2001). SUPPLY OF MAPS AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY: Road Maps & Town Plans; Maps for General Use; Maps for Developmental Use; Topographic Maps; Aerial Photography; Issue of Aerial photography Flight Clearances; Other Geographic Information: Geographic Materials Library within the National Survey Authority is a central source for reference materials in helping with many survey activities and mapping production. The library holds variety of geographic materials such as, conventional mapping, digital mapping, aerial photography, survey information, place names and documentary information. PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES: NSA has a full range of modern map production capabilities, from digital survey instruments, including GPS systems, for collecting details of natural and man-made features on the ground; digital photogrammetric instruments; digital cartography systems; to lithographic printing presses for printing the final maps. An increasing emphasis is being placed on computer-assisted techniques throughout the map making process as map production technology is leading to greater automation of routine manual processes. TRAINING: NSA is fully committed to Omanisation, and recognises that one of the keys to achievement of the goals of Omanisation is to develop the specialist skills of staff at all levels by providing proper and relevant training in the mapping sciences. The NSA's Topographic Institute is an approved EDEXCEL centre with the authority to run BTEC diploma courses and award its own BTEC Diplomas.

NCSI
The National Centre for Statistics and Information was established under the Royal Decree No. (31/ 2012).The Royal Decree No. (40/2014) further elaborates on the NCSI operation mechanism and structure, Roles and Responsibilities to produce efficiently and with minimum burden on respondents high-quality, trusted and authoritative statisticaland GeoSpatial information that are relevant, reliable and comparable, and to disseminate them in an impartial, independent and timely manner, making them available simultaneously to all government entities and Omani Community users. NCSI Mission is to
• Produce the official statistics for Sultanate of Oman, which will be used to support the decision and policy makers to formulate and design the adopted national policies and programs
• Establish National Spatial Data Infrastructure Directorate General for National Spatial Data Infrastructureat NCSI is responsible to establishNational Spatial Data Infrastructure as per mandate in coordination with National Survey Authority as strategic stakeholder. NSDI Vision is to build a standardized Geo-Spatial Infrastructure to facilitate the access to an organized, standardized, and up-to-date sharable geospatial information for enabling a high quality government location based services and solutions and support the Digital Oman Strategypriorities and government missions efficiently and in secure way, with the Mission to coordinate, and support government & stakeholders’ collaboration for better location based decisions and services by underlying a set of policies, technologies, data, standards, protocols and specifications. NSDI Objectives:
• Provide leadership to establish National Spatial Data Infrastructure
• Support NSDI stakeholders and government entities to improve their business processes using GIS
• Create Standards, Policies and Technical Specification for Geospatial Information
• Establish Data Exchange mechanism and online access
• Availability of reliable, standardized, updated and consistent geospatial data
• Reduce costs of data production and avoid duplication
• Setup Training Centre for GIS capacity building
• Raise Awareness, Participate in International events
• Support Spatially Enable eGovernment initiative

Rolta
Rolta is a multinational organization headquartered in India. Rolta has executed projects in over 40 countries. Forbes Global ranked Rolta amongst the "Best 200 under a Billion" four times in six years. Rolta was included in the S&P Global Challengers ListTM, by Standard & Poor’s. Rolta leverages its global delivery centre capability with a Geospatial Fusion delivery platform to provide data service needs, including Data Conversion & Migration, 3D Database Creation and Maintenance, as well as Photogrammetry. Rolta is a leading provider of innovative IT solutions for many vertical segments, including Federal and State Governments, Defense and Homeland Security, Utilities, Process, Power, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Retail, and Healthcare. These enterprise level solutions are built around Rolta’s intellectual property and domain expertise to offer unique business intelligence for impactful insights for effective decision making. Rolta offers an array of specialized Engineering Design Services, including Conceptual Engineering & Design, Detailed Engineering & Design, Operations & Maintenance as well as Project Management.

Sultan Qaboos University
The College of Arts and Social Sciences at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) works in parallel with other colleges in order to achieve its academic mission with high standards of learning and teaching. We are proud to be the only college offering programs that directly address issues of human intellect in general and Omani society in particular. Since its inception in 1986, the college has made great strides in meeting its objectives in the undergraduate program. Its academic programs have grown to cover many specializations. It is also considered one of the most notable institutions in Oman that embrace students of special needs, as it has the infrastructure and facilities required to meet their needs. The college is keen on meeting the demands of Omani society and its job market. This is done through the continuous evaluation and development of its academic programs while maintaining global standards. An example is making some of its programs such as Mass Media, Tourism, Geography, Information Studies, and Musicology, bilingual (Arabic and English). At present, the college has 11 departments: Arabic Language and Literature, English Language and Literature, History, Geography, Sociology and Social Work, Information Studies, Archeology, Mass Media, Tourism, Theatre Arts, and Musicology. The programs offered by these departments are divided into three categories: Programs addressing languages, such as Arabic Language and Literature, and English Language and Literature; Programs addressing humanities and social sciences, such as Geography, History, Sociology, and Social Work; Vocational programs, such as Mass Media, Information Studies, Tourism, and Translation; The Departments of Archeology and Theatre Arts provide academic support to the other departments in the form of elective courses and minor specializations. The College also offers three main courses known as “university requirements” that must be taken by all students in the university. These are Arabic Language, Omani and Islamic Civilization, and Contemporary Omani Society. The College of Arts and Social Sciences is committed to its academic mission, and seeks to excel in improving the educational process in the coming years.

Topcon
International Equipment & Contg. Co. LLC (IECC) is part of Suhail Bahwan Group, one of the largest and reputed business houses in Oman. The association of IECC with Topcon Corporation dates back to mid 1990’s. IECC is located in Mawaleh with branch offices in Sohar and Salalah. Topcon Corporation is part of Toshiba Group a globally renowned brand. Topcon Corporation was established in 1932 and has earned a reputation for cutting-edge technology in Surveying Instruments, Optical Instruments and Medical Systems. IECC provides optimum solutions for surveying and positioning applications utilizing the experience of its human resources along with the expertise of Topcon. Several prestigious projects of national importance such as the new Muscat International Airport, Emergency reservoirs, Bidbid-Sur Highway, Sewage Network, Dams etc have used Topcon Survey Instruments. A dedicated Topcon service centre has been established for calibration of instruments which is being further upgraded to carry out repair services.