516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale topographic map series covering the entire Australian continent. This specific sheet, Laverton SH51-02, is a digital PDF produced by Geoscience Australia, containing natural and constructed features like roads, vegetation, and 50-meter contours. The map uses GDA94/GDA2020 datum and UTM projection, with a standard sheet covering approximately 150 by 110 kilometers.
Use Cases
- Terrain analysis and 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 regional reference maps based on combined standard and special sheet coverage
Strengths
- Covers the entire Australian continent at a consistent 1:250,000 scale
- Contains approximately 50 special maps for non-standard areas to maximize land coverage
- Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020) and AHD for vertical reference
Limitations
- Data is provided as a PDF, which may require conversion for direct geospatial analysis
- Row count and specific column-level documentation are unknown
- The map may contain information from surrounding sheets, which could affect precise boundary analysis
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03 16:21:25.460933
- Geography
- Australia, specifically the area covered by the Laverton SH51-02 map sheet