Blue Mud Bay 1:250,000 Topographic Map Covering Australia

Geoscience Australia Data provides the Blue Mud Bay SD53-07 map from the AUSTopo series. This digital topographic map covers a standard area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, representing 150 km east-west and 110 km north-south at a scale of 1:250,000. The series comprises 516 maps, which is the largest scale covering the entire Australian continent.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for watershed and terrain modeling.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent through a standardized series of 516 maps.
• Provides detailed topographic features at a consistent 1:250,000 scale, the largest for full continental coverage.
• Includes natural and constructed features such as infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring feature extraction for geospatial analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-based queries.
• The description lacks specific metrics on file size, data volume, or feature count for individual maps.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia, specifically the Blue Mud Bay area (Sheet SD53-07).