Jardine River Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

AUSTopo digital map sheet SC54-15 covers the Jardine River area at a scale of 1:250,000, representing 2.5 km on the ground per 1 cm on the map. It is part of a series of 516 maps providing the largest-scale topographic coverage of the entire Australian continent. The sheet contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for terrain and watershed modeling.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning.
• Georeference map features using its GDA94/GDA2020 datum and UTM projection for GIS integration.

Strengths

• Provides continental coverage as part of a standardized series of 516 maps.
• Contains multiple feature layers including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.
• Uses defined geodetic standards (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and UTM projection.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring extraction for analytical use.
• Map may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially affecting feature completeness for the specific area.
• The description does not specify the creation date or update frequency for this individual sheet.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Covers the Jardine River area in Australia; each standard map covers approximately 1.5° longitude by 1° latitude.