Menzies SH51-05: Australian Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale topographic map series covering the entire Australian continent. Each standard map covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, showing natural and constructed features like roads, rail, vegetation, and 50-meter contours. The data is produced by Geoscience Australia and projected in Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) with GDA94, GDA2020, and AHD datums.

Use Cases

• Plan infrastructure routes based on road and rail network data.
• Model hydrological systems based on hydrography and contour information.
• Analyze land cover and terrain features for environmental studies based on vegetation and contour data.
• Create regional base maps for spatial analysis based on standardized topographic features.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent at a consistent 1:250,000 scale.
• Comprises 516 standard maps, each covering approximately 150 km east-west by 110 km north-south.
• Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and administrative boundaries.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may require conversion for direct geospatial analysis.
• The description notes maps 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

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 16:55:47.272388; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia