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individuals-members, researchers, graduate students,
stakeholders, and even the public-to advance this technology
through related research and consultancies as well as
scientific, technical, and educational activities. However, to
create this Chapter, at least 12 members of the Society were
required, which was not feasible at that time. Nevertheless,
in addition to conducting projects and consultancies
and contributing to the academic field by offering related
courses and supervising postgraduate students with theses
and dissertations, different RS activities were conducted to
increase awareness of RS and shed light on its capabilities. I
was selected to be a GRSS ambassador on 30 October 2018.
Since then, more RS and geographic information system
(GIS) activities were conducted and more members joined
the Society, to the point that we were able to apply to create
the Oman Chapter, and the application was granted on 1
October 2020. Since the step of establishing of this Chapter
was initiated by the RS and GIS Research Center at Sultan
FIGURE 2. Speakers at the international forum on RS in the era of machine learning.
TABLE 1. LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS OF TOPICS DELIVERED TO THE SPECIALIZED AND/OR PUBLIC
SOCIETY BEFORE THE NOMINATION OF THE GRSS AMBASSADOR
LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS TITLE
* " The Role of RS in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals "
* " Earth Observation Satellite Ground Receiving Station at SQU in Oman "
* " Application of Remote Sensing & GIS Techniques in Oil & Gas industry "
* " How the Use of RS in Agriculture and Particularly WaPOR Can Help Oman Reporting and Achieving SDGs
Related to Water and Food (SDG2 and SDG6) "
* " Application of Remote Sensing & GIS techniques in Environment & Risk Assessment "
* " Principles and Applications RS and GIS in the Field of Electricity Transmission "
* " Remote Sensing and GIS RC Points of Collaboration with National Defense College "
* " The Potential of Remote Sensing and GIS techniques in Strategic Planning for Sustainable Development "
* " Importance of RS in Different Development Sectors "
* " Scavenging Birds and Electricity Infrastructure "
* " Remote Sensing Principles and Applications "
* " Research opportunities at Remote Sensing and GIS Research Center "
* " Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Defense and Security Studies and the Opportunities of Establishing
Ground Receiving Station at SQU for Oman "
* " Remote Sensing and GIS Research Center: Capabilities and Activities "
* " Vision and Mission of the Remote Sensing and GIS Research Center "
* " Aerial Photography Using Micro UAV "
* " Spatial Resolution Comparison of Various Satellite Sensors "
WaPOR: Water Productivity Open-access portal; SDG: sustainable development goals; RC: research center; UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle.
DURATION
20 Dec. 2018
25 Oct. 2018
11 Oct. 2018
1 Oct. 2018
12 Aug. 2018
9 Aug. 2018
30 Apr. 2018
4 Apr. 2018
14 Mar. 2018
30 Jan. 2018
15 Jan. 2018
14 Jan. 2018
28 Dec. 2017
8 Nov. 2017
8 Nov. 2017
8 Nov. 2017
8 Nov. 2017
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