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| Subject: | Re: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan |
| Date: |
11/09/2001 04:59:31 AM |
| From: |
sgsinfotech |
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I also Agree
----- Original Message -----
From: "JAIMINI CHATWANI" <j_chatwan@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <gislist@geocomm.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 4:16 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan
> 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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