Customer Reviews

Iraq Road Map by ITMB (Travel Reference Map)

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Bought this to be able to follow news reports. It has towns, cities, roads, railways, political divisions, contour lines and color coding, oilfields (though not very detailed).

Does not have: ethnic divisions, former no fly zones, any indication of how important the port of Umm Qasr is (other than the hint that the railway line terminates there.)

Net: good choice for following events in Iraq. Probably also useful if you are going there on a driving tour (are you crazy?)

This product is useful for area familiarization for the American on his or her way to Iraq, the best of three different maps I ordered. A good reference for the lay of the land of the entire country, but no detailed inserts of cities other than central Baghdad. The map is printed on only one side, so there would have been more than enough space to cover the provincial cities. The ITM Baghdad map is not quite so worthwhile, almost no detail whatsoever, but a handy sketch of the main districts of the city. I had hoped to find maps with the Arabic script place names alongside the English, but perhaps that was too much too hope for.

Just lines for the roads but no highway numbers or markings. Not for driving definitely. Outdated information on map useless country facts. Not a road map for sure.

I used this map many times when my son was stationed in Iraq. He sent me emails telling me the places he had been in Iraq, and I was able to quickly locate the area he visited. It seemed to give me a more personal attachment to him, and helped me to undertand the country more.

I purchased this map to help my kids keep track of the location of their father in Iraq. It is all on one side so we could post it on a large bulletin board. It works well for our purpose. I only which it showed long. and lat. but it is meant to be a road map so I suppose I am expecting a lot.