Morris SF51-16: AUSTopo 1:250,000 Scale Digital Topographic Map

516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, which covers the entire continent of Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, showing natural and constructed features like infrastructure, vegetation, and contours. The data is provided by Geoscience Australia and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis based on 50-meter contour intervals mentioned in the description.
• Infrastructure planning based on road and rail network data.
• Environmental and land-use studies based on vegetation and hydrography features.
• Map sheet edge matching and spatial analysis based on the standardized 1:250,000 scale coverage.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
• Represents the largest scale (1:250,000) at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent.
• Standard map sheets cover a consistent area of approximately 150 km east-west by at least 110 km north-south.

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.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:34:22.876320; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia