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| Subject: | GISList: Map of Afghanistan |
| Date: |
11/08/2001 02:32:46 PM |
| From: |
Abdullah Ayazi |
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Dear GIS enthusiast,
I have recently published (August 2001) what I consider to be the most =
detailed map of Afghanistan in this scale (1:1,500,000). I took three =
years to complete and has tons of details and information that you can not =
find in a any available map of Afghanistan today. I used more than a dozen =
different maps to create this and it wasn't easy to do, considering that I =
am neither a geographer nor a trained cartographer.=20
Frustrated over not finding a detailed map of Afghanistan, I took it upon =
myself to create one, just so that I could follow the civil war in my =
former home. Since a lot of the fighting took place in smaller cities and =
villages which most of the maps do not show, I felt that there was a need =
for a detailed map that showed smaller tows, cities and roads. I started =
making this map in late 1998 and after almost 3000 hours of hard work, =
mostly on my spare time during weekends and nights, I finally published it =
in August. Initially I published the map so I could provide a service for =
the Afghan community in the United States, but then the September 11 =
incident happened...
Now my map is in great demand and I get inquiries from schools, libraries =
and map stores. This map was featured in three newspapers articles, the =
Albuquerque Journal, the Dallas Morning News and the Denver Post.
Some of the details of the map include:
- Latest Administrative division of the country (all 31 provinces that non =
of the older maps show).
- It shows more than 2500 cities, towns and villages.
- It features "Afghanistan at a Glance" in which a lot of important =
information is given about the country.
- It has a "Timeline of Afghan History" that covers history of Afghanistan =
from 5000BC.
- It has an inset map of south and central Asia indicating location of =
Afghanistan, a very useful feature.
- It has a "Time Chart" for finding local time of more than a dozen major =
cities around the globe.
- and much, much more ...
I wrote this note to you figuring you might be interested to know about =
it. Please visit my website at www.afghanmap.com and let me know what you =
think.
I think you will find it interesting.
Thanks,
Abdullah Ayazi
Albuquerque, NM=20
505-792-8721
aayazi@afghanmap.com=20
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