Lake Eyre Topographic Map At 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps provide full coverage of Australia at a 1:250,000 scale, where 1 cm represents 2.5 km on the ground. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, depicting natural and constructed features like road infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia and includes about 50 special maps for non-standard areas.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for watershed modeling and terrain assessment.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
• Provides the largest-scale published topographic map series for Australia at 1:250,000.
• Contains multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020) and uses Universal Traverse Mercator projection.

Limitations

• Data is delivered as PDF files, requiring extraction for structured geospatial analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-based queries.
• Sample data and specific feature attributes are unavailable for review prior to download.

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 2026-03 26.

Geography

Australia