516 digital maps provide the largest-scale topographic coverage of the entire Australian continent. Each standard sheet covers approximately 150 km east-west and 110 km north-south, showing natural and constructed features like roads, vegetation, and 50-meter contours. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia and includes about 50 special maps for non-standard areas.
Use Cases
- Perform terrain analysis based on 50-meter contour intervals mentioned in the description
- Map transportation networks based on road and rail infrastructure data
- Analyze land cover and hydrology based on vegetation and hydrography features
- Create regional base maps for planning based on administrative boundaries and localities
Strengths
- Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 maps at a consistent 1:250,000 scale
- Includes approximately 50 special maps for areas where standard sheets would be largely ocean
- Contains multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020) and projections (UTM)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Data is provided in PDF format, which may require conversion for direct geospatial analysis
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03 16:36:02.740337; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Australia