Plumridge SH51-08: 1:250,000 Scale Digital Topographic Map of Australia

516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, which covers the entire continent of Australia 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 like infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. Geoscience Australia Data produced the series, with the specific sheet last updated on 2026-03-25.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis and elevation modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Infrastructure and land-use planning based on depicted road, rail, and administrative boundaries.
• Environmental and hydrological studies based on mapped vegetation and hydrography features.
• Creating base maps for regional navigation and spatial analysis based on the standardized 1:250,000 scale coverage.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets, providing national consistency.
• Represents the largest scale (1:250,000) at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent.
• Contains multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020) and projections (UTM) for flexibility.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, with potential focus on Australian features.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 19:20:17.250422; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia