Jackson SH50-12: Australian Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series provides coverage of the entire continent at a scale of 1:250,000, comprising 516 standard maps and about 50 special maps. Geoscience Australia Data produced this series, which contains natural and constructed features including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50m contour intervals. The data was last updated on 2026-03-25.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis and elevation modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Infrastructure planning and routing based on road and rail network data.
• Environmental and land-use studies based on vegetation and hydrography features.
• Creating base maps for regional planning based on administrative boundaries and localities.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia at a consistent 1:250,000 scale.
• Comprises 516 standard maps, providing systematic national coverage.
• Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020) and projections (UTM).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au and the specific map sheet compilation methods.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published topographic mapping series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:49:02.791914; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia