Australian Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

AUSTopo 1:250,000 digital map series covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets. Each standard sheet depicts approximately 150 by 110 kilometers, containing natural and constructed features like infrastructure, vegetation, and contours. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for national transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for regional water flow 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 GIS integration.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 map sheets.
• Provides continent-wide coverage at the largest published topographic scale of 1:250,000.
• Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, hydrography, vegetation, and contours.

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-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