516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale topographic coverage of the entire Australian continent. Each standard map covers approximately 150 by 110 kilometers, depicting roads, rail, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. Geoscience Australia maintains this digital map series.
Use Cases
- Analyze road and rail infrastructure networks across the Innamincka region for transportation planning.
- Study hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for hydrological modeling and flood risk assessment.
- Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land management and conservation efforts.
- Combine map sheets with neighboring areas where standard sheets are largely ocean to maximize spatial analysis.
- Use geographical coordinates and MGA datum (GDA94/GDA2020) for precise geospatial referencing in GIS applications.
Strengths
- Series comprises 516 maps covering the entire continent.
- Standard map sheets cover an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude.
- Contains about 50 special maps for non-standard areas.
Limitations
- Data is provided in PDF format, which requires extraction for quantitative geospatial analysis.
- Specific row counts, column structures, and file sizes for the digital data are unknown.
- The map may contain information from surrounding sheets, which can complicate boundary-defined analyses.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Published digital topographic mapping.
- Time Range
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- Freshness
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- Geography
- Australia, specifically the Innamincka SG54-14 map sheet area.