Joanna Spring SF51-03: 1:250,000 Scale Digital Topographic Map of Australia

A digital topographic map from the AUSTopo series covering the entire continent of Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. The series comprises 516 standard maps, each covering approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, and is produced by Geoscience Australia. It contains natural and constructed features including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.

Use Cases

• Create detailed regional maps based on topographic features like contours and hydrography.
• Analyze spatial relationships of infrastructure such as roads and railways.
• Model terrain and elevation using the 50-meter contour interval data.
• Plan land management or conservation projects using vegetation and administrative boundary information.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia, the largest scale to do so for published topographic maps.
• Series comprises 516 standard maps with consistent coverage of approximately 150 km east-west by 110 km north-south.
• Contains multiple data layers 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 is not ideal for direct geospatial analysis without conversion.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:24:13.031570; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia