Gove Peninsula Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps provide complete topographic coverage of Australia at a 1:250,000 scale, where 1 cm represents 2.5 km. Each standard map covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude. The series depicts natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contour intervals.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for watershed modeling and terrain assessment.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.
• Georeference map sheets using UTM projection and GDA94/GDA2020 coordinates for GIS integration.

Strengths

• Comprises 516 maps for complete continental coverage of Australia.
• Standard map sheets cover approximately 150 km east-west by at least 110 km north-south.
• Contains about 50 special maps for non-standard areas to maximize land feature inclusion.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring extraction for structured geospatial analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise boundary definition.

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

Covers the Gove Peninsula and the entire continent of Australia.