Geomaticians

Kazakhstan Spends $125,000 On Maps With Three New Regions

The government spent 56 million tenge (almost $125,000) on compiling a new political and administrative map of Kazakhstan. This was announced at a briefing by representatives of the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry, Informburo reports. "A political and administrative map of Kazakhstan at a scale of 1:1,500,000 was created after a lot of work. Maps of Karaganda, Almaty and Eastern Kazakhstan regions were updated, maps of Abai, Jetisu and Ulytau regions were created at a scale of 1:1,000,000. Schemes of cities such as Karaganda, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk were updated and created on a scale of 1:25,000. Schemes of the cities of Zhezkazgan, Konaev and Taldykorgan were created on a scale of 1:10,000."