GI_Forum 2013, Volume 1 Creating the GISociety – Conference Proceedings
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BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
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GI_Forum 2013, Volume 1 Creating the GISociety – Conference Proceedings
ISSN 2308-1708 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-87907-532-4 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-7438-7 Online Edition
doi:10.1553/giscience2013
GI_Forum, Volume 1 2013, 566 pages Print edition is available at Wichmann-Verlag, Berlin
Marius Herrmann,
Adrijana Car
S. 224 - 228 doi:10.1553/giscience2013s224 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Abstract: This paper presents a way of designing and populating a spatial database for tourism research in the Sultanate of Oman. The recent rapid development of tourism in the Sultanate of Oman has created a strong need for research in this field to which GIS can contribute through analysis, modelling and forecasting (MCADAM 1999). Tourism is a multidisciplinary field for which a database allows integration of quantitative and qualitative data. Here the database is populated from data sources that are freely available on the internet and provide a good quality of geodata for the Sultanate of Oman. A key aspect of this paper presents a spatial model of a Tourism Product. This model is explained, implemented and exemplified for Tourism Products in south Oman. An online metadatabase helps to document all data and related sources and provides an interface for communicating and sharing various kinds of data within the research project team. With the results from this pilot project tourism-related questions can be answered using GIS and structures of tourism in the Sultanate of Oman can further be analysed and visualized in an ongoing research project. Published Online: 2013/06/20 17:45:27 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x002e6e64 Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
GIS as a technology has come a long way, from the
early adoption of technical wizardry to the ubiquitous,
if unconscious use by the masses. The creation
of the GISociety is on its way through technological
development, theoretical and empirical scientific
research and inclusion of technology into education
with increasing pedagogical justification.
Defining new dimensions of hard- and software,
brainware and orgware are all needed to further
develop the GISociety.
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