Australian Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

Murloocoppie SH53-02 is a single sheet from the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series. The series comprises 516 maps covering the entire continent at a scale of 1:250,000, making it the largest-scale topographic map series for Australia. It is produced by Geoscience Australia and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze road and rail infrastructure networks across Australia using the map's transportation feature layers.
• Model terrain and elevation using the 50-meter interval contour lines for hydrological or geological studies.
• Identify natural and constructed features, such as vegetation and hydrography, for land-use planning and environmental impact assessments.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 individual map sheets.
• Provides a consistent scale of 1:250,000, the largest scale for full continental coverage.
• Each standard map sheet covers a defined area of approximately 1.5 by 1 degrees.

Limitations

• Specific row and column counts for underlying vector data are unknown, limiting quantitative analysis.
• The primary available format is PDF, which may require conversion for direct use in GIS software.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-based analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published as part of the official AUSTopo digital topographic map series.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia