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MOSAIC OF DIGITAL RASTER SOVIET 1:200,000 SCALE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS OF AFGHANISTAN

U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 131

By Peter G. Chirico and Michael B. Warner

2005

This publication was completed under Interagency Agreement 306-P-00-04-00566-00 between the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S Geological Survey.

EXPLANATION

The data contained in this publication include scanned, geographically referenced digital raster graphics (DRGs) of Soviet 1:200,000 - scale topographic map quadrangles. The original Afghanistan topographic map series at 1:200,000 scale, for the entire country, was published by the Soviet military between 1985 and 1991(MTDGS, 85-91). Hard copies of these original paper maps were scanned using a large format scanner, reprojected into Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) coordinates, and then clipped to remove the map collars to create a seamless, topographic map base for the entire country. An index of all available topographic map sheets is displayed here: Index_Geo_DD.pdf.

This publication also includes the originial topographic map quadrangles projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection. The country of Afghanistan spans three UTM Zones: Zone 41, Zone 42, and Zone 43. Maps are stored as GeoTIFFs in their respective UTM zone projection. Indexes of all available topographic map sheets in their respective UTM zone are displayed here: Index_UTM_Z41.pdf, Index_UTM_Z42.pdf, Index_UTM_Z43.pdf.

An Adobe Acrobat PDF file of the U.S. Department of the Army's Technical Manual 30-548, is available (U.S. Army, 1958). This document has been translated into English for assistance in reading Soviet topographic map symbols.

References:

Military Topographic Directorate of the General Staff, Soviet General Staff Topographic Maps, Afghanistan, 1:200,000, Moscow, VTU GSh, 1985-1991.

U.S. Army, 1958, Technical Manual 30-548, Soviet Topographic Map Symbols: U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 102 p.

This publication consists of two DVD's.

CONTENTS OF DVD 1 of 2

GEO_DD

Includes TIFF files of each clipped quadrangle projected in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) coordinates.

CONTENTS OF DVD 2 of 2

UTM_Z41

Includes projected, into UTM Zone 41, geographically referenced, and clipped TIFF files of topographic map quadrangles that fall within UTM Zone 41.

UTM_Z42

Includes projected, into UTM Zone 42, geographically referenced, and clipped TIFF files of topographic map quadrangles that fall within UTM Zone 42.

UTM_Z43

Includes projected, into UTM Zone 43, geographically referenced, and clipped TIFF files of topographic map quadrangles that fall within UTM Zone 43.

THE FOLLOWING CONTENTS ARE ON BOTH DVD's

IMAGES

Image files used for this data series' webpage.

INDEX MAPS

Index_Geo_DD.pdf – Map showing all Russian 1:200,000 quadrangles in Afghanistan projected in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) coordinates.

Index_UTM_Z41.pdf – Map showing all quadrangles that fall into UTM Zone 41. Projected in UTM Zone 41N, WGS 1984 Datum format.

Index_UTM_Z42.pdf – Map showing all quadrangles that fall into UTM Zone 42. Projected in UTM Zone 42N, WGS 1984 Datum format.

Index_UTM_Z43.pdf – Map showing all quadrangles that fall into UTM Zone 43. Projected in UTM Zone 43N, WGS 1984 Datum format.

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MAP LEGEND

soviet_map_legend.pdf – An Adobe Acrobat PDF file of the U.S. Department of the Army's Technical Manual 30-548, titled Soviet Topographic Map Symbols. This text has been translated into English, from Russian, to assist the map user in reading the topographic maps.

METADATA

UTM_Z41_met.html – FGDC compliant metadata file for the map quadrangles projected in UTM Zone 41.

UTM_Z42_met.html – FGDC compliant metadata file for the map quadrangles projected in UTM Zone 42.

UTM_Z43_met.html – FGDC compliant metadata file for the map quadrangles projected in UTM Zone 43.

Geo_DD_met.html – FGDC compliant metadata file for the map quadrangles projected in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) coordinates.

SHAPEFILES

index_wgs84.shp – Index grid of map quadrangles projected in Geographic Coordinate System (GCS) coordinates.

index_UTM_z41.shp – Index grid of map quadrangles projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), Zone 41, WGS 84 Datum (zipped).

index_UTM_z42.shp – Index grid of map quadrangles projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), Zone 42, WGS 84 Datum (zipped).

index_UTM_z43.shp – Index grid of map quadrangles projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM), Zone 43, WGS 84 Datum (zipped).

Readme – Text - only readme file that explains the contents of the data files.

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