Australian National Topographic Base Map Without Labels

Australia's National Base Map provides seamless topographic color mapping for the entire country, including outer islands and external territories. The service integrates data from Geoscience Australia, Australian Antarctic Division, OpenStreetMap, and other sources, covering cultural, hydrography, marine, transport, vegetation, and relief themes. Topographic information was checked in 2008 and supplemented in 2009, with contributions from multiple government departments.

Use Cases

• Create custom thematic maps based on integrated cultural, hydrography, and vegetation themes.
• Perform spatial analysis for infrastructure planning using transport and relief data.
• Generate regional environmental assessments based on aggregated ACLUMP vegetation layers.
• Develop marine resource maps using bathymetry sourced from Natural Earth.

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 graphic representations of six thematic feature types.

Limitations

• Topographic information was checked in 2008 and supplemented in 2009, suggesting potential outdatedness.
• Limited field checking was undertaken, so some information may not be accurate.
• 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.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 10:07:20.234335; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia, including Norfolk, Lord Howe, Macquarie, Cocos (Keeling), Christmas, Heard and McDonald Islands, and the Australian Antarctic Territory.