Camooweal Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 digital maps provide topographic coverage of Australia at a 1:250,000 scale. The series shows natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude.

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.
• Georeference map sheets using UTM projection and GDA94/GDA2020 datum for spatial integration.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
• Provides topographic detail at a standardized 1:250,000 scale, the largest covering the whole continent.
• Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and UTM projection for geospatial accuracy.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, requiring extraction for structured geospatial analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area delineation.
• Contains about 50 special maps covering non-standard areas, which may differ from the core series.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia