Australia is covered by 516 digital topographic maps at a 1:250,000 scale, the largest scale for full continental coverage. This specific map, Hill River SH50-09, is part of the AUSTopo series produced by Geoscience Australia, containing natural and constructed features. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude.
Use Cases
- Terrain analysis based on 50-meter contour intervals mentioned in the description
- Infrastructure planning based on road and rail network data
- Landscape feature identification based on hydrography and vegetation information
- Geographic reference mapping based on administrative boundaries and localities
Strengths
- Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets
- Standard map sheets cover approximately 150 km east-west and at least 110 km north-south
- Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Data is provided in PDF format, which may require conversion for direct geospatial analysis
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 16:36:20.344588; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Australia, specific area of the Hill River SH50-09 map sheet