Hale River Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps in the AUSTopo series provide topographic coverage of the entire Australian continent at a 1:250,000 scale. Each standard map covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, depicting features like road infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contour intervals. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia.

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.
• Use vegetation and locality data for environmental planning and land-use studies.
• Combine administrative boundary information with other spatial datasets for jurisdictional analysis.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 individual map sheets.
• Provides the largest scale (1:250,000) topographic map series for the continent.
• Contains multiple natural and constructed features per sheet, including contours, infrastructure, and vegetation.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, requiring extraction and conversion for direct GIS or analytical use.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, which could complicate precise spatial queries.
• Approximately 50 maps in the series cover non-standard areas, potentially creating inconsistencies in coverage.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic map series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia