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| Subject: | Fwd: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan |
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11/09/2001 04:48:29 AM |
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I agree.
--- Gurcharn <gurcharn@mahalinternational.com> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2001 12:50:07 +0530
> To: "Abdullah Ayazi" <AA@bpce.com>,
> <gislist@geocomm.com>
> From: Gurcharn <gurcharn@mahalinternational.com>
> Subject: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan
>
> Hello Sir,
>
> Just visited the web site which you had mention
> below.....
>
> You had shown the Kashmir as a part of Pakistan...
> which is actually NOT.
>
> I would like request you to please modify the map
> which you had shown...
>
> Gurcharn Singh
>
>
>
> At 01:30 PM 11/8/01 -0700, Abdullah Ayazi wrote:
> >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.
> >
> >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
> >505-792-8721
> >aayazi@afghanmap.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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