Broken Hill 1:250,000 Topographic Map of Australia

516 maps constitute the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale published topographic coverage of the entire Australian continent. Each standard map sheet covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, depicting features like road infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. Produced by Geoscience Australia, the series includes about 50 special maps for non-standard areas.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for terrain modeling and watershed delineation.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.
• Combine map sheets with landward neighbors for coastal area analysis where standard sheets are largely ocean.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 map sheets at a consistent 1:250,000 scale.
• Includes approximately 50 special maps tailored for non-standard geographical areas.
• Contains detailed natural and constructed features like 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 boundary-based queries.

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