Australian Topographic Map Series at 1:250,000 Scale

516 digital topographic maps cover the entire continent of Australia at a 1:250,000 scale. Each standard map covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and contour lines with 50m intervals for hydrological and terrain modeling.
• Identify vegetation coverage and localities for ecological and land-use studies.
• Use administrative boundaries and constructed features for regional planning applications.

Strengths

• 516 maps provide coverage for the entire continent of Australia.
• Largest scale (1:250,000) at which published topographic maps cover Australia.

Limitations

• Data format is PDF, which requires extraction for quantitative geospatial analysis.
• Specific row counts, column structures, and file sizes are unknown.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area delineation.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published topographic mapping series.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia