516 maps provide complete topographic coverage of Australia at a 1:250,000 scale. Each standard map sheet covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, representing about 150 km east-west and 110 km north-south. The series includes natural and constructed features such as road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.
Use Cases
- Extract road and rail infrastructure features for network analysis and routing models.
- Analyze hydrography data for watershed modeling and flood risk assessment.
- Use 50-meter contour intervals for terrain analysis and elevation profile generation.
- Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land use classification.
Strengths
- Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
- Largest scale topographic series for the continent at 1:250,000.
- Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.
Limitations
- Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring feature extraction for geospatial analysis.
- Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, complicating precise area-based queries.
- Approximately 50 maps cover non-standard areas, potentially requiring special handling.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03 26.
- Geography
- Australia