If you have a problem with Mr. Ayazi's map, data or politics, deal with it offline, directly to him and do not use this list as a forum to promote India's version or Pakistan's version of reality.
Secondly, Mr. Ayazi didn't claim to be publishing an accurate map of India or Pakistan, but it is Afghanistan that is the center of his efforts, so these comments regarding Kashmir are misplaced and inappropriate in my opinion. Thanks.
Anthony
-----Original Message----- From: vinodh [mailto:vinodh_vadoth@hotmail.com\ Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:08 AM To: Abdullah Ayazi: gislist@geocomm.com Subject: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan
Dear Ayazi, I went through the web link you mentioned and found the map of INDIA you have displayed to be inaccurate and incorrect. Please make sure you do not circulate such false information. Regards, Vinodh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abdullah Ayazi" <AA@bpce.com> To: <gislist@geocomm.com> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 2:00 AM Subject: GISList: Map of Afghanistan
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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