Oman's Building And Establishment Census To Use Archer Field PCs With ESRI ArcPad

By Juniper Systems

The General Census of Population, Housing and Establishments will be conducted in April 2010 in the Sultanate of Oman. The difference this time as compared to the last census in 2003 is that GIS technology from ESRI® and mobile devices, the Archer Field PC® from Juniper Systems, Inc., are being utilized in an effort to efficiently and accurately capture required data.

"GIS is playing an increasing role in our daily lives and I see the great benefits for using it in our census collection efforts," says Ali Mahboob Al Raisi, Director General of Census. "Through the use of a mobile GIS solution being developed for us by ESRI Muscat, we anticipate reducing our survey of buildings and establishments in the Sultanate from two years down to just four months."