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| Subject: | Fwd: Re: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan |
| Date: |
11/09/2001 05:57:43 AM |
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--- JAIMINI CHATWANI <j_chatwan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 11:54:22 +0000 (GMT)
> From: JAIMINI CHATWANI <j_chatwan@yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan
> To: nnj@bodley.ox.ac.uk
>
> Well......... its like showing Northern Ireland
> part
> of Ireland, which it is not and I can tell you that
> Unionists would be enraged if you did that. One
> should stick to fact in my opinion rather than go by
> sentiments.
>
> --- Nigel James <nnj@bodley.ox.ac.uk> wrote: > Oh
> dear, here we go...
> >
> > Why not have one version showing Kashmir as part
> of
> > India, one with it part of
> > Pakistan ...and one with neither. Then perhaps
> > everyone will be happy...
> >
> >
> > Nigel James
> >
> > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 16:23:48 +0530 sgsinfotech
> > <sgsinfotech@satyam.net.in> wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > &g
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