National Survey Authority bags Excellence Award

MUSCAT: The National Survey Authority, Ministry of Defence, has again bagged the ‘Geospatial World Excellence Award 2016’ for its National Strategic Project ‘Establishment and & Implementation of Oman National Geoid Model’ OMANGEOID.

The award was presented recently during the closing ceremony of Geospatial World Forum 2017 at Hyderabad International Convention Center, India. The prize is awarded to anyone who provides innovative and creative in the areas of Geospatial Technology. The Head of National Survey Authority, Ameed Rukn Jawwi Ahmed bin Saif al badi and Director, Geospatial Information, Saleem bin Abdullah al Hashmi were present to receive the award.

Geospatial World Excellence Award is an internationally-acclaimed private award recognizing exemplary innovations and practices in the global Geospatial industry.

Conferred under the auspices of Geospatial World Forum every year, the National Survey Authority has been selected for this award for the successfully establishing & Implementation of Oman National Geoid Model (OmanGeoid). The accuracy of global positioning System height measurements depend on several factors but most crucial one is the ‘imperfection’ of the earth’s surface.

At present Global Positioning System heights ellipsoidal heights. A height modernisation effort was thus required by developing a gravity network that enables all organisations within the Sultanate of Oman to determine accurate orthometric heights.

This project provides The National Survey Authority with the capability to establish a modern height system in Oman.