Galiwinku Special SD53-03 is a digital topographic map from the AUSTopo series covering Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. The series comprises 516 standard maps and about 50 special maps, with this special map covering a non-standard area. It is produced by Geoscience Australia and was last updated in March 2026.
Use Cases
- Route planning and infrastructure analysis based on road and rail data.
- Terrain modeling and elevation analysis based on 50-meter contour intervals.
- Land cover and vegetation studies based on mapped natural features.
- Administrative boundary verification based on included boundary information.
Strengths
- Covers the entire continent of Australia at the largest published topographic scale (1:250,000).
- Series comprises 516 maps, providing consistent national coverage.
- Contains multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and uses UTM projection.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Published digital map series.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-26 00:36:48.259251; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia, specifically the Galiwinku Special SD53-03 area.