Land Use: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2000-2002
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This polygon shapefile depicts various types of land use in Kabul city. Categories of land use include:, airports, cemeteries, agriculture fields, lakes, parks, stadiums, as well as urban and rural areas. These data were digitized from IKONOS satellite imagery (2000-2002) at 1:5,000 scale with one meter resolution (most of Kabul) and 2.5 meter resolution (areas outside of Kabul). This layer is part of the Topographic Maps of Afghanistan and Kabul dataset which contains shapefiles relating to district and provincial boundaries, land use, transportation, buildings and structures, rivers, settlements and other specific city data.
- Purpose
- This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.
Description
Type of resource | cartographic, software, multimedia |
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Form | Shapefile |
Extent | 4.219 |
Place | Kabul, Kabul, AF |
Publisher | Afghanistan Information Management Service |
Date valid | 2000 - 2002 |
Publication date | 2006 |
Language | English |
Digital origin | born digital |
Map data | 1:5000 ; E 68°53ʹ5ʺ--E 69°29ʹ20ʺ/N 34°43ʹ12ʺ--N 34°17ʹ25ʺ, Scale not given ; EPSG::4326 |
Creators/Contributors
Creator | Afghanistan Information Management Service |
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Subjects
Subject | Land use |
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Subject | Kabul (Afghanistan) |
Subject | 2000 > 2002 |
Subject | Farming |
Subject | Society |
Subject | Structure |
Subject | Transportation |
Genre | Geospatial data |
Genre | Cartographic dataset |
Bibliographic information
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- These data are licensed by Stanford Libraries and are available to Stanford University affiliates only. Affiliates are limited to current faculty, staff and students. Non affiliates seeking access should contact the publisher directly. These data may not be reproduced or used for any purpose without permission.
- Copyright
- Copyright ownership resides with the originator.
Preferred citation
- Preferred citation
- Afghanistan Information Management Service (2005). Land Use: Kabul, Afghanistan, 2000-2002. Afghanistan Information Management Service. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/wg223tp3121
Collection
Topographic maps of Afghanistan and Kabul
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