Geospatial Reference Datasets
Below are a variety of downloadable geospatial reference datasets relating to Afghanistan. They range from Landsat images to topographic products and the results of airborne surveys. Some are commercially available products. Some were compiled from existing data, both historical and current. Others were assembled and/or created specifically to support USGS Projects in Afghanistan acitivities. All are accessible here at no cost.
Mineral Resource Information Packages
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Landsat
Mosaic
ETM+ Raw
ETM+ Raw Data Sets – 28.5-meter MS, 14.25-meter Pan (UTM)
1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle
USGS Afghanistan 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle Map Series (Viewer)
ETM Atmospherically Corrected
6-Band ETM 1:250,000 Quads – 14.25-meter (UTM)
6-Band ETM 1:250,000 Quads – 28.5-meter (UTM)
6-Band ETM Scenes – 28.5-meter (UTM)
ETM 3-Band Color Composites, Natural-Color
Mosaic
Natural-Color mosaic with overlaying district centers, major roads, country and provincial borders
Natural-Color mosaic with overlaying country and province borders
Natural-Color mosaic with no overlaying datasets
1:250,000 Quad Tiles
ETM 3-Band Color Composites, False Color (ETM Bands 742)
ASTER
Elevation
Afghanistan 90-meter SRTM Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
SRTM 90-meter DEM, indexed by USGS Quad system
DEM Quad sheets in geographic coordinate system
DEM Quad sheets projected in UTM coordinates
Void-Filled SRTM Digital Elevation Model of Afghanistan (USGS Data Series 130)
Geology
Afghanistan German Geology 1:500,000 (TM, Geog.)
Afghanistan Russian Geology 1:1,000,000 (TM, Geog.)
Afghanistan Russian Geology 1:500,000 (TM)
Afghanistan Russian Geology, Database and Support Documents for 1:500,000 Map
Afghanistan Russian Tectonic 1:1,000,000 (TM, Geog.)
USGS Afghanistan 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle Map Series (Viewer)
Topography
USGS Afghanistan 1:250,000-Scale Quadrangle Map Series (Viewer)
Soviet 1:200,000-Scale Topographic Series, indexed by USGS Quad system
Topo Quad sheets in geographic coordinate system
Topo Quad sheets projected in UTM coordinates
Airborne Geophysical and Remote Sensing Surveys
Naval Research Laboratory Aerial Photography – Preliminary Data
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