Kangaroo Island Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps cover the entire continent of Australia at a scale of 1:250,000, representing the largest-scale topographic series for the continent. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, showing natural and constructed features including roads, 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 watershed and terrain modeling.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
• Provides topographic data at a continent-wide scale of 1:250,000, the largest available.
• Contains approximately 50 special maps covering non-standard areas to maximize land coverage.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, requiring feature extraction for geospatial analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-based queries.
• Sample data and specific column/attribute lists for features are unavailable.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia, specifically Kangaroo Island and the entire continent.