The National Geospatial Data and Information Law was published under Royal Decree 43/2026. Even though the title of the law includes geospatial data, the bulk of the law speaks to surveys and the production and use of the map of Oman.
The law gives the National Survey and Geospatial Information Authority, which is a department of the Ministry of Defence, broad oversight over geospatial matters in the country. For example, you need permission from the authority to conduct surveys, to produce any map or atlas, to export geospatial data outside Oman, or to use the maps of Oman commercially.
Failure to comply with this law results in penalties up to 3 years of imprisonment and fines up to 30,000 Rial Omani.
Entities affected by the law have 6 months from its entry into force to bring themselves into compliance.
You can read the National Geospatial Data and Information Law in full in English on the link below: