Donors Hill Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

AUSTopo digital topographic maps cover the entire continent of Australia at a 1:250,000 scale, comprising 516 standard and 50 special map sheets. The series depicts natural and constructed features including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours. The data is maintained by Geoscience Australia and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing road and rail infrastructure patterns across the Donors Hill region using the map's transportation features.
• Modeling terrain elevation and slope for hydrological studies using the 50-meter contour interval data.
• Identifying vegetation cover and administrative boundaries for land-use planning and conservation efforts.
• Creating composite regional maps by combining data from adjacent standard and special map sheets to maximize coverage.

Strengths

• Continent-wide coverage of Australia via 516 map sheets.
• Standardized representation of over 50 natural and constructed features per map, including contours at a 50-meter interval.

Limitations

• Data format is PDF, which is not directly machine-readable for analysis without conversion.
• Sample size and specific row/column counts for underlying data are unknown.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding areas, which could complicate precise boundary analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic map series derived from survey and remote sensing data.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Australia