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| Subject: | RE: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan |
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel James [mailto:nnj@bodley.ox.ac.uk\
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 3:25 AM
To: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: Re: Re: GISList: Map of Afghanistan
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
> > > >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
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