Seamless greyscale topographic mapping for the entire Australian continent and its external territories. The service integrates Geoscience Australia data at smaller scales with OpenStreetMap data at larger scales, produced for the National Map project. It was last updated on 2026-06-04 by the Australian Ocean Data Network.
Use Cases
- Create basemaps for thematic overlays based on the seamless greyscale topographic data.
- Perform spatial analysis across Australia and its external territories based on the integrated topographic layers.
- Develop web mapping applications using the layer scale dependencies described for the service.
Strengths
- Covers the whole of Australia, including Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, and Lord Howe Island.
- Integrates authoritative Geoscience Australia data with community-sourced OpenStreetMap data.
- Last updated on 2026-06-04, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network, integrating Geoscience Australia and OpenStreetMap.
- Collection Method
- Produced for the National Map project.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 08:09:56.875545; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia and external territories (Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island).