Pakistan
UPDATE: This page has been updated with mapping resources specific to the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occured on the morning of Saturday 8 October 2005 near Islamabad.
The quake demolished whole towns, mostly in the Kashmir, in area where India and Pakistan have fought over jusridiction.
Download this GPS map data which includes track data for the approximate Line of Control (LOC), the boundary between India and Pakistan in the Kashmir region.
Click
on the binoculars to see a screen shot of Google Earth displaying the
South Asia region northeast of Islamabad, PAKISTAN, including nortwest
INDIA.
GPS Map
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Download the free GPS Map in GPS eXchange (.gpx) file format, which can be read and transferred to your GPS with free GPS software. (The .gpx file will appear in a new window where you can File > Save as... on your computer).
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Download the free GPS Map in KMZ format (waypoints only).
GPS Map Details
File Name: earthquake.gpx (27KB)
Revised: 13 October 2005
Class B2 Data
Waypoints: Epicenter, Muzaffarabad, Islamabad, Chilas, Sinagar
Track: Line of Control
Other Maps of Pakistan
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Download Situation Map (PDF) from United Nations Relief Web
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Download Pakistan (Shaded Relief) 1996 (411K) from the UTLOL Web Site. (IE Browsers: Right-click on the link above and "Save Target as..." )
Note if you plan to use the Pakistan (Shaded Relief) map with programs like Fugawi
or OziExplorer, the large map scale requires you to define the projection parameters for accurate calibration. Use Lambert (Conformal Conic) projection further defined with:
Latitude 1 = 12 Deg 0.0 Min N
Latitude 2 = 38 Deg 0.0 Min N -
Purchase the Afghanistan Pakistan digital map set from Fugawi
