516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, which covers the entire Australian continent at a scale of 1:250,000. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, showing natural and constructed features. The data is provided by Geoscience Australia and was last updated on 2026-03-25.
Use Cases
- Terrain analysis based on 50-meter contour intervals mentioned in the description.
- Infrastructure planning based on road and rail network data.
- Landscape feature identification based on hydrography and vegetation information.
- Geographic reference for field studies based on locality and administrative boundary data.
Strengths
- Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 map sheets.
- Provides topographic detail at a scale of 1:250,000, the largest scale for full continental coverage.
- Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and UTM projection.
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.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 17:16:01.078168; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia