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, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. Geoscience Australia produces the series, with this specific sheet last updated on 2026-03-25.
Use Cases
- Terrain analysis and elevation modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
- Infrastructure planning and routing based on road and rail network data.
- Environmental and land cover studies based on vegetation and hydrography features.
- Geographic reference and base mapping for regional studies based on administrative boundaries and localities.
Strengths
- Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
- Provides topographic detail at a consistent 1:250,000 scale, the largest scale covering the whole continent.
- Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and uses the Universal Transverse Mercator projection.
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 map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, which could affect boundary precision.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Published digital topographic mapping series.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 18:31:52.583341; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia