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| Subject: | Re: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan |
| Date: |
11/09/2001 05:36:39 AM |
| From: |
Abhijit Tanna |
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Yes, the UN has not awarded Kashmir to Pakistan. They only accepted to
maintain the status quo. Therefore, such decisive insistence should not be
circulated.
Abhijit Tanna
----- Original Message -----
From: sgsinfotech <sgsinfotech@satyam.net.in>
To: JAIMINI CHATWANI <j_chatwan@yahoo.co.uk>: <gislist@geocomm.com>
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan
> 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.
> > > >
> > >
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