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MOSAIC OF DIGITAL RASTER SOVIET 1:200,000 SCALE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS OF AFGHANISTANU.S. Geological Survey Data Series 131By Peter G. Chirico and Michael B. Warner2005 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
UTM_Z42
UTM_Z43
THE FOLLOWING CONTENTS ARE ON BOTH DVD's IMAGES
INDEX MAPS
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
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Readme – Text - only readme file that explains the contents of the data files. Produced in cooperation with: DisclaimerNeither the U.S. Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, contractors, or subcontractors, make any warranty, express or implied, nor assume any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, nor represent that its use would not infringe on privately owned rights. References to non-USGS products, services and tradenames are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement or warranty, express or implied, by the USGS, USDOI, or U.S. Government, as to their suitability, content, usefulness, functioning, completeness, or accuracy.
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