Newman SF50-16: Australian Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps cover the entire continent of Australia at a scale of 1:250,000, the largest scale for full-coverage topographic maps of the continent. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, showing natural and constructed features like infrastructure, vegetation, and contours. The data is provided by Geoscience Australia as digital PDF downloads.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis and visualization based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Infrastructure planning and routing based on depicted road and rail networks.
• Environmental and land-use studies based on vegetation and hydrography features.
• Creating regional base maps for GIS projects based on standardized sheet coverage.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
• Provides topographic detail at a scale of 1:250,000, the largest scale for full continental coverage.
• 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.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic map series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 25 18:41:14.039687; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia