Neale SH51-04: AUSTopo 1:250,000 Digital Topographic Map

Australia is covered by this digital topographic map series at a scale of 1:250,000, comprising 516 standard and special map sheets. The series, produced by Geoscience Australia, shows natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. Data is provided as downloadable PDFs in GDA94/GDA2020 datum with UTM projection.

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.
• Creating regional base maps for GIS projects based on standardized 1:250,000 scale coverage.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
• Represents the largest scale (1:250,000) for published topographic maps covering the whole continent.
• Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.

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.
• Last updated 2026-03-25 16:44:01.455931; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 16:44:01.455931

Geography

Australia