LeadDog claims
to provides the only Iraq GIS maps in the world (commercial licensing)
Israel
a nice cloud-free image of the whole region (ungeoreferenced) is the
Space Shuttle snapshot
STS41G-120-0056
no data of any kind is likely to be made available by the Israeli government,
which has, for example, lobbied strongly to ban the sale of satellite images
of its own territory [reference]
East View Cartographic updated
their Israel offerings in Dec. 2003; it now includes 30m DEM for the whole
country for $80/quad or $3200 for the whole country
report from a recipient: "We have elevation data for
a small part of the area (currently zone1 which allows land development
with public utilities provided by the government). Other layers are also
available for some parts of the region which are not concentric or matching
exactly (these were developed by different agencies). Most of the information
is public, or semi public, but some are privately owned by a consulting
group who actually acquired the data through public avenues (very ironic
indeed). Almost all of the data is semi government organizations. Some data
is commercial but is not reliable (could not be transported) or geodetically
coordinated."
better quality is not available to civilians (this is a restriction
on DEMs which is actually set in law)
according to geomorphologist Dr. Kenan Tüfekçi,
"In Turkey,
General Commander of Mapping (Ankara) prepares the digitized contour map.
You can buy this type map from there. In case, you have the necessary software
for extracting the DTM. When I need a DEM, I am preparing from the topo
map (If interested area is small)."