Mildura Topographic Map Sheet at 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale topographic map set covering the entire Australian continent. Each standard map sheet covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, depicting road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia, with this specific sheet covering the Mildura SI54-11 area.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for terrain and watershed modeling.
• Use vegetation and administrative boundary data for land-use planning and environmental studies.
• Combine map sheets using geographical coordinates (GDA94/GDA2020 datum, UTM projection) for continental-scale spatial analysis.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent through a series of 516 map sheets.
• Provides topographic detail at a standardized 1:250,000 scale, the largest scale for full continental coverage.
• Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and a UTM projection for spatial accuracy.

Limitations

• Data is provided in static PDF format, requiring extraction for computational analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-of-interest isolation.
• The description notes 'approximate coverage' for some sheets, indicating potential positional generalization.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published topographic mapping as part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26.

Geography

Covers the Mildura SI54-11 area in Australia; the full series covers the entire continent.