East View Cartographic has available for sale a limited number of road and highway map sets for
Iraq and the Middle East that were published five years ago by the US Defense Mapping Agency
(the predecessor to NIMA). The Middle East Road Map Series is a six-sheet set of detailed maps
covering all of, or large portions of, the countries of Iraq, Kuwait, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Egypt,
Saudi Arabia, and Iran. They are 1:1,000,000 scale maps printed in English which show all hard
surface dual highways, roads with two or more lanes, and roads of less than two lanes including
route mark indicators. The maps also show loose surface roads indicating which are all-weather
and dry-weather-only roads, and tracks or trails. Road distances between points are indicated in
kilometers.
These maps can be very useful to humanitarian, media, construction, logistical, and
environmental organizations, as well as service providers, consultants, engineers, and other
individuals and organizations who are currently or will be traveling in the area. You can see an
index map for the entire series and examples of each map by going to the following location on
our web page.
http://www.cartographic.com/xq/ASP/AreaID.33/RegionID.5000014/ClassID.3400/TypeID.342
0/ProductID.18314/middle_east/middle_east_region/qx/other_maps.asp#view
Other features identified on the maps are population centers, railroads and stations, military and
civilian airports, hydrological features, relief features, areas of vegetation, and a glossary of
latinized Arabic geographic terms translated into English. The map sizes vary from
approximately 40 in/102 cm to 41 in/104 cm in width by 34 in/86 cm to 40in/102 cm in height,
are folded and four color printed. Their projection is transverse mercator. They are also free of
copyright restrictions.
These maps are no longer available for delivery from government agencies and we have only a
limited quantity of the original six sheet series in stock. The price schedule for the above maps is
as follows:
Single map US $49.95
Two maps US $39.95 each
Three maps US $34.95 each
Four maps US $29.95 each
Five or more maps US $24.95 each
They are also available in raster format in unlimited quantities on CD-ROM or via FTP for the
same price as the paper versions. Once our inventory of the original printed maps is exhausted,
hard copy versions will still be available from East View Cartographic as paper maps printed
from our large-format plotters. Pricing for plotted maps is a flat US $49.95 each regardless of
quantity ordered. Shipping options per package are UPS Worldwide Express $50, UPS next day
air domestic is $25. and UPS domestic ground is $10.
We also still have available the other four recently published NIMA maps of the area including
the City of Baghdad, the Iraq Planning map, country of Iraq, and the Middle East reference map
which were previously announced and the details of which are posted at the following website
location. The prices for these maps are the same as those the above.
http://www.cartographic.com/xq/ASP/RegionID.132/AreaID.33/ClassID.1100/TypeID.1130/Pro
ductID.5071935/qx/other_maps.asp#view
East View Cartographic also has immediately available extensive topographic maps for Iraq
done by both the U.S. NIMA and Russian map agencies at various scales from 1:1,000,000 to
1:50,000. Russian produced City Plan graphics at the 1:25,000 and 1:10,000 scales are available
for twelve of its largest cities. Please see detailed information for all of the topographic maps at
the following link.
http://www.cartographic.com/xq/ASP/AreaID.33/RegionID.132/CategoryID.6/middle_east/iraq/
qx/topographic_maps.asp
We have created Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and full vector data coverage for the entire
country of Iraq, from Russian topographic maps at 1:500,000 scale. We have also created vector
data for the country from 1:100,000 scale Russian topos. All features and place names have been
translated into English according to NIMA standards. These datasets are available off-the-shelf
and deliverable immediately. The 1:500,000 scale vector data is available in a grid consisting of
17 map sheets. The 1:500,000 scale DEM is 3 arcsecond resolution (approx 90m). It is available
in 60 1by1 degree blocks, in USGS Ascii DEM format (other DEM formats available). The
1:100,000 scale vector data is available in a grid consisting of 301 map sheets. All of these can
be purchased either by individual sheet or block, or as full country sets.
In addition to the above noted country-wide datasets, we have created separate DEM and vector
datasets for the major Iraqi cities as listed below. All were done from 100k Russian topographic
sheets except Al Mawsil, which was extracted from 50k sheets. This data has been translated to
English and is available off-the-shelf and deliverable immediately. Vector data or DEMs
normally cost more than $1000 per sheet however we are offering them at the special prices as
listed by city:
Al Mawsil (Mosul), 2 sheet: US$380
Kirkuk, 1 sheet: US$195
Karbala, 1 sheet: US$195
Irbil, 1 sheet: US$195
As Sulamaniyah, 1 sheet: US$195
Al Najaf, Al kufah, 2 sheets: US$380
Al Kut, 1 sheet: US$195
Al Amarah, 1 sheet: US$195
Ad Diwaniyah, 2 sheets: US$380
Baghdad, 4 sheets: US$760
Also just available is a 50k dataset in English for the city of Baghdad, please inquire regarding
content details and pricing. All the above data is available in any GIS format. Samples of
datasets are available upon request. If you plan to purchase any of the city data please specify if
you wish to purchase DEM or vector datasets. Click on the following link or check with our
office for additional details regarding these DEM and vector dataset products.
http://www.cartographic.com/xq/ASP/AreaID.33/RegionID.132/CategoryID.21/ProductID.4/mid
dle_east/iraq/qx/geospatial_data.asp
If you wish to purchase any of the above please e-mail, call or fax us the details of the maps you
plan to purchase. In addition, to expedite the processing of your order we require your name,
organization name, contact telephone number, fax, and/or e-mail address, and the complete shipto address. If you plan to use a credit card to purchase we need the following credit card
information: name on the card, type of card, card number, and expiration date.
For additional information or to purchase these or other East View products our contact
information is tel. 1-763-550-0961 or 1-800-477-1005. Please ask for Ana Niedermaier at ext.
262 or Geoff Forbes at ext. 261. You may also contact us by fax 1-763-559-2931 or e-mail
maps@cartographic.com. We look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards,
Earl Elster
Director of Sales and Marketing
East View Cartographic
3020 Harbor Lane North
Minneapolis, MN 55447-5137
U.S.A.
Tel. 1 (763) 550-0961 Ext. 270
Fax. 1 (763) 559-2931
earl.elster@cartographic.com
www.cartographic.com