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| Subject: | SUM: GISList: Afghanistan data |
| Date: |
09/21/2001 11:33:03 AM |
| From: |
Glenn Letham |
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I've received a number of replies to my request for help finding Afghanistan
data. Here's a summary of what I've come up with so far:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/afghanistan.html -- The popular
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection has put together a pretty extensive
collection of Afghan related maps and map links - although you'll be
hard-pressed to find downloadable vector data. A number of shaded relief,
political, and other thematic maps/graphics are available
http://www.afghana.com, a popular Arghan web directory has put together some
pretty cool graphics, for example, this image of Kabul (see
http://www.afghana.com/Map/MapKabul2.htm &
http://www.afghana.com/Map/MapKabul.htm)
The UNHCR Mapping Unit http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/maps/maps.htm has put
together a number of graphics including this one of Afghanistan
http://www.unhcr.ch/refworld/maps/mescasia/afg_g.htm. Nothing else really
earth-shattering here though although, one might wish to follow up and check
out the ADC WorldMapT which was used as the base data.
Sujit Choudhury suggested that I look at the Survey of India
http://www.gsi.gov.in/ . As
Afganisthan was part of British Rule, old topomaps during british period may
be available.
John Blackburn, Washington and Lee University has posted a number of maps
and related Afghan resources at http://home.wlu.edu/~blackburnj/afg/
Searching the GeographyNetwork (www.geographynetwork.com) yields a number
of results, including:
Map Services - Image (ArcIMS) 30
Map Services - Image (WMS) 18
Map Services - Feature (ArcIMS) 2
Solutions 9
GeoServices 1
Map Data Files 52
Clearinghouses 29
These included geological maps, earthquakes, airports, and VMAP 1:250K data
services.
The Richmond Map facility (see http://www.dscr.dla.mil/pc9/ ) has some
pretty interesting info, however, I never did find what I was looking for.
The related links offers some pretty good trails to follow
http://www.dscr.dla.mil/pc9/sites.htm. Those with proper security clearance
or authorization can order information from them at 1-800-826-0342.
http://cartome.org/ has a link to an e-mail from Geoffrey
Forbes, Director of Operations East View Cartographic, Inc and
indicates that he has 1:50,000 Russian military topos. Be sure to follow up
some of the excellent data links listed at the bottom of the main page in
the Resources section
Missing Maps (see http://www.missingmaps.com/) has a very extensive catalog
of maps available including 1:50K topos for Afghanistan. No free downloads,
but for those of you seriously looking for maps and data this is an
excellent resource.
The popular Odden's Bookmaks yields 30 hits when you search using
"Afghanistan" (see http://oddens.geog.uu.nl/index.html)
UC Berkeley (http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/cdrom.html) has an impressive
list of publications and data products making up more than 600 CD-ROMS of
data. I haven't had time to sift through the entire collection but it's
definitely worth a look.
Of course, if your looking for a DEM, be sure to consult Bruce Gidding's
Digital Elevation Data Catalogue at http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/ded.html
Dimitri Rotow has suggested we check out VMAP (formerly DCW) (see
http://164.214.2.59/publications/vmap0.html). NIMA publishes the VMAP1
series on CD and via download from their site. Unfortunately, they've only
published about 60 of the 232 CD and are withholding the rest. Dimitri tells
us that Afghanistan is covered by CD109 and CD110 with parts in CDs 88, 89
and 131. All of this data was created by the US military.
Finally, those of you interested in a comprehensive place name data file, I'
ve produced an ArcView SHP coverage from NIMA place name source data. You
can download the 3 MB file from
http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/dailynews/2001/sep/11/afgh_pts.zip
I'm still looking!
Thanks to everyone for the great tips
Glenn
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenn Letham" <editor@geocomm.com>
To: <gislist@geocomm.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 8:14 PM
Subject: GISList: Afghanistan data
> Greetings all,
> I'm trying to help someone track down some base map data of Afghanistan -
> preferably topo maps 1:100K or better
>
> Any ideas on where to start?
>
> Regards
> glenn
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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