Australian National Topographic Base Map Without Labels

A seamless topographic color map service covering all of Australia, its outer islands, and external territories, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. The map integrates data from Geoscience Australia, the Australian Antarctic Division, OpenStreetMap, and other sources, portraying cultural, hydrography, marine, transport, vegetation, and relief themes. The topographic information was checked in 2008 using satellite imagery and supplemented in 2009.

Use Cases

• Creating custom thematic maps based on the underlying topographic and relief data.
• Performing spatial analysis based on integrated cultural, transport, and hydrography features.
• Visualizing land cover and vegetation patterns based on the aggregated ACLUMP layer.
• Incorporating bathymetric and elevation data for environmental or marine studies based on the SRTM DEM and Natural Earth sources.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent, its outer islands, and external territories, providing national-scale coverage.
• Integrates data from multiple authoritative sources including Geoscience Australia, OpenStreetMap, and the Australian Antarctic Division.
• Portrays multiple thematic layers including cultural, hydrography, marine, transport, vegetation, and relief.

Limitations

• Limited field checking was undertaken; the description notes some information may not be accurate.
• Topographic information was primarily checked in 2008 and supplemented in 2009, which may affect currency for some features.
• 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

Compiled from multiple topographic mapping datasets, satellite imagery, and open-source contributions.

Time Range

Topographic data checked in 2008, supplemented in 2009; SRTM data acquired February 2000.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 12:33:52.526707; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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