Australian National Base Map with Topographic and Relief Features
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Description
A seamless topographic colour mapping service for Australia and its external territories, sourced from Geoscience Australia, Australian Antarctic Division, and OpenStreetMap. The data includes cultural, hydrography, marine, transport, vegetation, and relief themes, with some information checked in 2008 and supplemented in 2009. The service integrates data from multiple scales, including GEODATA TOPO 250K for mainland Australia beyond 1:100,000 scale and OpenStreetMap data from 1:100,000 scale.
Use Cases
Create detailed topographic maps based on integrated cultural and relief themes.
Analyze land cover and vegetation patterns based on aggregated ACLUMP data.
Plan infrastructure and transport routes based on integrated road and transport data.
Conduct coastal and marine studies based on bathymetry and hydrography data.
Strengths
Covers the whole of Australia, including outer islands and external territories.
Integrates data from multiple authoritative sources including Geoscience Australia and OpenStreetMap.
Includes detailed themes such as cultural features, hydrography, marine data, transport, vegetation, and relief.
Limitations
Topographic information was last checked in 2008 using satellite imagery, with limited field checking, so some data may not be accurate.
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
Source
Geoscience Australia, Australian Antarctic Division, OpenStreetMap, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Natural Earth.
Collection Method
Aggregated from multiple mapping datasets and programs, including NATMAP Topographic Mapping, ACLUMP, and SRTM DEM processing.
Time Range
Data checked in 2008, supplemented in 2009; SRTM data acquired February 2000.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-06-27 17:51:49.277946; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Australia, including Norfolk, Lord Howe, Macquarie, Cocos (Keeling), Christmas, Heard and McDonald Islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
File format is HTML, which suggests this is a map service endpoint rather than a downloadable dataset file.