Saudi Arabia.. Official map disclosure

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The General Authority for surveying and geospatial-information revealed the official map of Saudi Arabia with approved international borders, as well as providing it to all government agencies, the private sector, the academic sector, individuals and the media.

The official map is available in both Arabic and English and in a number of digital formats through the authority's website, where official maps of the kingdom can be obtained in different graphic sizes and for various purposes through the authority's website.

The commission stressed to the government agencies that participate or represent Saudi Arabia in international organizations, conferences, forums and forums related to geospatial data the importance of providing the organizers of those events - in appropriate ways - with updated official maps of the kingdom so that its international land and sea borders and islands are properly indicated on them.

It called on the authorities not to publish any map of Saudi Arabia on websites and other media outlets, books and bulletins of the official authorities of the Kingdom and others other than the official map of the kingdom.


The General Authority for surveying and geospatial information published the map specifications on its official website.. As follows:
Product type: general linear map
Usage : general uses
Drawing scale: small drawing scale: SAR1: SAR2, 000, 000​
Language: Arabic
General description: a general map showing :
Large urban and rural population centers, major road networks, large industrial facilities, large agricultural areas, vegetation cover, natural manifestations of valleys, mountain ranges and manifestations of the Earth's surface are represented by contour lines, elevation points, color gradation, place names, landmarks, natural and industrial manifestations, as well as the international borders of the kingdom appear on them.
Geographical coverage: covers all the territory of the kingdom, the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and part of the neighboring countries outside the Arabian Peninsula, but focuses only on Geographical Information and data within the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and covers a geographical area of twenty-five longitudinal degrees from East to West in twenty latitude circles from North to South approximately .
Coordinates: the geographical grid intersects in the form of squares each square is a longitudinal degree × transverse degree
Geodetic Reference: the horizontal reference is the world Geodetic system 84 (WGS 84) the vertical reference is the average sea level Jeddah 1969.
Output type: digital output in digital files of type (Raster, Geo Tiff) on a customized digital output medium, paper products of high quality and according to user request .​​