Makkah Province Map
Eng. Abdulrahman Kateb, Eng. Azzam Alturkistani
This map presents Makkah Province as a cohesive geographic landscape, using terrain as a visual foundation to explore the region’s spatial character. Shaded relief reveals the contrast between the Red Sea coastal plain, mountainous areas, and inland plateaus, offering a clear sense of the province’s physical form and natural transitions.
Selected reference layers—such as land cover, drainage networks, transportation routes, and major landmarks—are combined in a balanced and simplified manner to maintain clarity and visual harmony. The map is designed at a provincial scale, where visual hierarchy and generalization guide the viewer’s attention without overwhelming detail.
Inset maps place the province within its national and regional context, while color, typography, and symbolization support a consistent and readable visual experience. This work reflects ongoing geospatial data management and cartographic efforts by the Makkah Province Development Authority, supported by leadership commitment to improving data quality, integration, and spatial understanding across the province.
African Elephant Habitats
Eng. Mohamed Alkamel
I created African elephant habitats Map using #ArcGISPro, showing their distribution across savannas, forests, and rivers, with an estimated Estimates from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) indicate that the number of African elephants is around 415,000 across the continent, which matches the figure mentioned in your map.
Maps are more than lines and border ،
They trace the journeys of living beings across the Earth.
Elephants redraw the paths of life through savannas, forests, and rivers,
carrying with them the story of a delicate balance between nature and survival.
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Wadi Hanifa
Bilal Alam
This map presents the complete course of Wadi Hanifa, one of the largest and most significant valleys in Saudi Arabia. The valley originates at Al Kharj in the south and extends northward to Al Uyaynah, passing directly through the city of Riyadh. Its course has been digitized as a line feature using ESRI satellite imagery
The map highlights the entire wadi trail, showing how it weaves through diverse landscapes and urban areas. Along the valley, several landmarks and tourist attractions have been marked to provide cultural and recreational context.
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Wadi Safar
Eng. Abderrahim Elomari
The map represents the topography of Wadi Safar, with elevation ranging from 631 meters to 933 meters, highlighting the terrain variations within the study area.
The Arabian Peninsula Paleodrainage Networks
Dr. Fahad Almutlaq
It is important to understand the drainage system in the region and how this drainage system appeared during the last glacial maximum. As noted earlier, during the last glacial maximum, sea level was much lower than it is today. During this time (~17,000-25,000 BP), the Arabian Gulf was dry and presumably exposed to northwest winds (McClure, 1984). If this hypothesis is true, the dry surface of the gulf represents a very significant source of sand that was exposed over thousands of years. To better understand the hydrology of the region, in this analysis a DEM is used to reconstruct the paleodrainage system of the Arabian Peninsula when sea level was much lower. This study adopted a new approach for extracting data and dealing with Hydrology analysis using GIS.
Al-Namas Governorate
Mashhour Alghannam
The map focuses on Al-Namas Governorate and its surrounding areas, using the UTM NE38-1 projection system, where the landmarks of the region are displayed.
Hospital Accessibility in Greater Beirut
Shareef Tarhini
Accessibility to Hospitals Using the Informal Bus System in Greater Beirut – Applying Gravity-Based Measures
Musandam Flood Risk Simulation
Eng. Muntaha Alqasmi
Rapid urban growth along Musandam’s narrow coastal plain is increasingly exposed to flash floods from steep mountainous wadis. This project evaluates 3D flood risk to residential buildings to support safer planning and emergency response. High-resolution satellite imagery and a 30 m DEM were used for hydrology modelling to delineate catchments, extract streams, and derive flow direction and accumulation. A rainfall simulation tool in ArcGIS Pro was then used to model a 300-mm storm and map water depth and flow. Building footprints were extracted with GeoAI tools, attributed with estimated heights, and extruded in 3D. Flood depth and terrain factors were combined using AHP-based weighted overlay, and each building was assigned to one of five risk levels, from very low to very high, highlighting clusters of assets most at risk.
Wadi Fatimah
Eng. Mohammed Almarwai, Eng. Reem Alharbi
This map provides a spatial analysis of Wadi Fatimah in the Makkah Region, illustrating the drainage network, watershed structure, elevation, and topographic variation. It also presents land cover patterns, highlighting the distribution of vegetation such as urban green areas, shrubs, cultivated lands, and trees along the wadi. The map supports environmental analysis and spatial planning through clear visualization of the valley’s physical characteristics.
This work reflects ongoing geospatial data management and cartographic efforts by the Makkah Province Development Authority, supported by leadership commitment to improving data quality, integration, and spatial understanding across the province.
Nasser & Toshka Lakes
Mai Ghaly Elgazzar
This map dives into the transformations of the New Valley region in Egypt as influenced by the Toshka project and the creation of these lakes, fed by water from the Aswan High Dam. It highlights how the Nile’s flow meets human engineering system, bringing renewable natural resources to life — from the river Nile to the Aswan desert where the surrounding reclaimed lands of Toshka project.
In the process, I explored Sentinel-2 indices (NDVI and NDWI), using pre-processed templates from the Esri Living Atlas, and the applied band mathematics to effectively visualize water bodies and agricultural areas.
Al Khafji Sub-Basins
Ahmed Zeen
The sub-catchments affecting the Al-khafji Governorate number 26, with a total area of 1235.62 km².
Al Baha Valley Flow & Dam Network
Eng. Khalid Madboly, Eng. Mohammad Alghamdi, Eng. Turki Albouq
This map presents the valley flow networks and the locations of dams in the Al-Baha Region, showing the connection of the valley network within Al-Baha with red sea. It supports water resources management and regional planning initiatives. And using a classification based on dam capacity area and valley length.
The map was prepared by Eng. Mohammed Al-Ghamdi and supervised by Eng. Turki Albouq and Eng. Saad Alsorayai, with support from the Strategic Office for the Developing Al Baha Region.
