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Street Level GIS Map of Jhelum

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helum (Urdu,Punjabi: جہلم) is a city on the right bank of the Jhelum River, in the district of the same name in the north of Punjab province,Pakistan. Jhelum is a few miles upstream from the site of the Battle of the Hydaspes between the armies of Alexander the Great and RajaPorus. Jhelum is known for providing a large number of soldiers to the British and later to the Pakistan armed forces due to which it is also known as city of soldiersor land of martyrs and warriors. Read More>>
This map has been been prepared by Abuzar Yousaf and Ahmad Al Rashid. They are Urban Planners from Department of City & Regional Planning, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.

Methodology Adopted:

Street level mapping has been completed using high resolution images (0.6-1m) of  Google Earth dating June 22, 2009. Detailed process is mentioned in the tutorial HERE.

Contents:
  1. Data Layers:
  • Primary Roads
  • Secondary Roads
  • Tertiary Roads/ Streets
  • Water Bodies
  • Railway Lines
  • Points of Interest (Hospitals, Educational Buildings, Public Buildings, Mosques, Hotels, Banks, Petrol Pumps etc)
  • Area features (Parks, open spaces, Built up areas, Graveyards, Housing Schemes, water bodies etc)

   2.    Coverage:

  • 149.61 Square Kilometer

Jhelum

Availability:

Data is available in KML and ESRI Shape file formats.

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Pakistan Flood 2010, Water Extent from MODIS 12-29 Aug 2010

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This geo-database is an effort of Mountain GeoPortal ICIMOD and includes the shapefiles of Water extent of 2010 flood in Pakistan. The flood water extent have been calculated from MODIS Images dating 12 August 2010 to 29 Aug 2010 on daily basis.

Pak Flood Extent 12-29 Aug 2010

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GIS Map of Bus Routes in Lahore

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Mirza Muhammad Waqar form University of the Punjab is working on a project related to GIS mapping of various public transport routes in Lahore. He has generously shared his field data collected through primary surveys using GPS device. It includes the Bus Route Lines and Bus Stops Locations.

The GIS layers include the following routes:

  1. ABC Bus Route 36 (Chungi Amar Sadu to Daroghawala)
  2. ABC Bus Route 44 (Daroghawala to Old Ravi Pull)
  3. Baloch Bus Service Route 20 (Old Ravi Pull to Bagrian)
  4. Bashir Hussain Bus Route 21
  5. Bashir Hussain Bus Route 43
  6. Daewoo City Bus Route 11 (Green Town to Station)
  7. Green City Bus Route 10 (Railway Station to NFC Housing Scheme)
  8. New Khan Bus Route 3
  9. New Khan Bus Route 4
  10. New Khan Bus Route 1 (Sanda to RZ Bazar)
  11. New Khan Bus Route 17 (Railway Station to Jallo Pind)
  12. New Khan Bus Route 22 (Jallo Mor to Thokar Niaz Beig)
  13. Premier Bus Route 12-A (Railway Station to Yohanabad)
  14. Premier Bus Route 14 (RA Bazar to Bagrian)
  15. Premier Bus Route 19

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Availability:

Data is available in ESRI Shape file formats.

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Since this data belongs to Waqar, we will take his prior permission before disseminating this data set.

GIS Map of Lahore (ESRI format)

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PKMAPS is a small community of mapping enthusiasts (all over the world) choosing to map Pakistan and share data for free on the internet. They develop maps for GPS or navigators for providing aid in navigation across the Pakistan.

Here, we are using their gps maps to prepare ESRI format shape files, that can be used in GIS software like ArcGIS and Arcview for various analysis and applications for urban planning. Hence expanding the area of application for those maps.

We are presenting a map of Lahore city containing line, point and polygonal features. Coverage and Road hierarchy is visible even from the picture below.image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Points Shape File:

About 1082 places of interest are identified and categories as Hospitals, banks, graveyards, libraries, parks, schools, restaurants, shopping centers, stadiums, amusement centers, landmarks and swimming areas etc.

Lines Shape File:

This layer includes 8418 line features which represent arterial roads, collector roads, residential streets, major highways, alleys, railway routes, airport runways, and water streams. 643 features are identified with their names as well.

Polygones Shape File:

This map layer carries 754 polygones showing city parks, lakes, orchards or plantations, housing schemes or institution boundaries and other polygonal features.Location names are updated for 690 features.

Screen shot below shows a zoom in view where all points, lines and polygonal features can be seen with the level of detail. image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                            .::Special thanks to PKMAPS, smkhan and Faisal::.

GIS Map of Islamabad/Rawalpindi (ESRI Format)

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“Islamabad (Meaning “Abode of Islam”) is the capital of Pakistan, and is the tenth largest city in Pakistan. The Rawalpindi/Islamabad metropolitan area is the third largest in Pakistan with a population of over 4.5 million inhabitants, 1,875,000 million in Islamabad and three million in Rawalpindi.

Islamabad is one of the greenest and most well-planned cities of South Asia. The city is well-organized and divided into different sectors and zones. Islamabad is also home to the Faisal Masjid which is well known for its architectural beauty and immense size. Islamabad has been ranked as a Gamma world city, as of 2008”, Read More>>image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country Pakistan
Territory Islamabad Capital Territory
Constructed 1960s
Union Council 40 UC
Area Total 906.50 km2 (350 sq mi)
Highest elevation 1,604 [1] m (5,263 ft)
Lowest elevation 457 m (1,499 ft)
Population (2009) 1,875,000
Population Density 1,243/km2 (3,219.4/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Postal Code 44000
Area code(s) 51
Website Islamabad’s Official Website

                              Source:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad

Here, We present a street level GIS map of Islamabad city containing line, point and polygonal features. Coverage and Road hierarchy is visible even from the picture below.

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Points Shape file:

About 744 places of interest are identified on map by Name and categories according to their use. The details are given in the table below:

Layer Objects
Bank 15
Cemetery 1
Church 79
County 96
Hospital 21
Landmark 2
School 86
Shopping 84
Stadium 5
State 5
Tower 31
Other Point Features 318

Lines Shape file:

This layer includes 4987 line features which represent arterial roads, collector roads, residential streets, major highways, alleys, railway routes, airport runways, and water streams. A summary of these features is given below:

Layer Objects
Airport Runway 2
Alley or Driveway 9
Collector Road 5
Interstate 31
Major Roads/ Highway 76
Railroad, Class 1A 31
Residential Road 4166
River, Unknown Length 5
State Highway 637
Trail 14

Polygones Shape files:

In this shape file, Polygonal features inlcude sectors and small metropolitan areas, lakes and city park.

Screen shot below shows a zoom in view where all points, lines and polygonal features can be seen with the level of detail.image

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                              .::Special thanks to PKMAPS and Kifayat Hussain::.

If anyone is interested in Routable Map for Islamabad for GPS devices, Mobiles or Navigators,  have it free from Islamabad Routable Map By PKMAPS.

Satellite Image of Vehari

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Here is the metadata of the satellite image of Vehari:

DESCRIPTION

vehari.ecw

WEST LONGITUDE

72° 18′ 58.5126" E

NORTH LATITUDE

30° 04′ 3.3672" N

EAST LONGITUDE

72° 23′ 32.4957" E

SOUTH LATITUDE

30° 00′ 53.8632" N

PROJ_DESC

Geographic (Latitude/Longitude) / WGS84 / arc degrees

PROJ_DATUM

WGS84

PROJ_UNITS

arc degrees

EPSG_CODE

4326

COVERED AREA

16.58 sq mi

NUM COLUMNS

11335

NUM ROWS

7840

NUM_BANDS

3

PIXEL WIDTH

0.0000067 arc degrees

PIXEL HEIGHT

0.0000067 arc degrees

BIT_DEPTH

24

PROJ_NAME

GEODETIC

DATUM_NAME

WGS84

TARGET_COMPRESSION

1:10

Screen Shot of the Image:image

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Satellite Image of Liaqatpur (Rahim yar Khan)

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Liaquatpur or Liaqatpur is a town and seat of Liaquatpur Tehsil in Rahim Yar Khan District, Pakistan. It is located at 28°55’60N 70°57’0E with an altitude of 95 metres (314 feet).[1]

It is situated exactly between the main cities of Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan. The main railway line connecting Lahore and Karachi passes through this city and a small railway station is also in this city.  (Wikipedia)

Metadata of the satellite image is given below:

DESCRIPTION

Liaqatpur19.ecw

WEST LONGITUDE

70° 55′ 48.2465" E

NORTH LATITUDE

28° 57′ 7.0591" N

EAST LONGITUDE

70° 58′ 9.9187" E

SOUTH LATITUDE

28° 54′ 55.9313" N

PROJ_DESC

Geographic (Latitude/Longitude) / WGS84 / arc degrees

PROJ_DATUM

WGS84

PROJ_UNITS

arc degrees

EPSG_CODE

4326

COVERED AREA

6 sq mi

NUM COLUMNS

7336

NUM ROWS

6790

NUM_BANDS

3

PIXEL WIDTH

0.0000054 arc degrees

PIXEL HEIGHT

0.0000054 arc degrees

BIT_DEPTH

24

PROJ_NAME

GEODETIC

DATUM_NAME

WGS84

TARGET_COMPRESSION

1:10

Screen Shot of Image:

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Satellite Image of Jhelum City

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Below is the metadata of the image of Jhelum city available here:

DESCRIPTION

Jhelum19.ecw

Image Date

June 2009

WEST LONGITUDE

73° 40′ 5.3124" E

NORTH LATITUDE

32° 59′ 55.0067" N

EAST LONGITUDE

73° 46′ 13.3587" E

SOUTH LATITUDE

32° 53′ 24.5972" N

PROJ_DESC

Geographic (Latitude/Longitude) / WGS84 / arc degrees

PROJ_DATUM

WGS84

PROJ_UNITS

arc degrees

EPSG_CODE

4326

COVERED AREA

44.47 sq mi

NUM COLUMNS

19058

NUM ROWS

20216

NUM_BANDS

3

PIXEL WIDTH

0.0000054 arc degrees

PIXEL HEIGHT

0.0000054 arc degrees

BIT_DEPTH

24

PROJ_NAME

GEODETIC

DATUM_NAME

WGS84

TARGET_COMPRESSION

1:29

Screen Shot of Image:image

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District Boundaries of Pakistan

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“The Districts of Pakistan are the second order administrative divisions of Pakistan. Districts were the third order of administrative divisions, below provinces and “divisions“, until the reforms of August 2000, when “divisions” were abolished. Districts now form the top tier of a three-tier system of local government with the two lower tiers composed of approximately 400 tehsils and more than six thousand union councils.
Prior to 2001, there were 106 districts but with the reorganisation, these were reduced to 102 by the merger of the five districts of Karachi Central, Karachi East, Karachi South, Karachi West and Malir to form Karachi District. The five districts had formed the division of Karachi which was abolished. The number of districts rose to 106 again in December 2004, when four new districts were created in the province of Sindh of which one (Umerkot) had existed until 2000 and three districts (Kashmore, Qambar and Jamshoro) were newly created.
In May 2005, the Punjab provincial government created a new district[2] by raising the status of Nankana Sahib from a tehsil of Sheikhpura District to a district in its own right.
In Azad Kashmir, the second tier of government is formed by two administrative divisions (Muzaffarabad) & (Mirpur) with a third tier of eight districts. In the Northern Areas, there are six districts divided between two regions of Gilgit and Baltistan; Baltistan being the part of Ladakh in Pakistani control.” Source: Wikipedia
An overview of data is given in table below:

Subdivision
Number of districts
Balochistan Province
27
North-West Frontier Province 24
Punjab Province 36
Sindh Province 23
Islamabad Capital Territory 1
Federally Administered Tribal Areas 7 tribal agencies plus 6 frontier regions
Azad Kashmir 8
Northern Areas 6
Pakistan 128 districts plus 7 tribal agencies

Snapshot of Dataset; District Boundaries of Pakistan
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Tehsil Boundaries of Pakistan

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Here we present the Tehsil Boundaries Dataset which is third level administration boundaries in Pakistan.
A summary of data is given below in the table:

Subdivision Name Tehsils
Balochistan 62
Disputed Area 10
F.A.N.A 13
F.A.T.A. 48
Islamabad 1
N.W.F.P. 44
P.A.K. 18
Punjab 119
Sindh 89
Total 404

Snapshot of Dataset; Tehsil Boundaries of Pakistan
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