Pooncarie 1:250,000 Topographic Map of Australia

Pooncarie SI54-08 is a digital topographic map from the AUSTopo series covering Australia at a scale of 1:250,000, where 1 cm represents 2.5 km on the ground. The series comprises 516 maps, with each standard sheet covering approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude. It contains natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.

Use Cases

• Analyze road and rail infrastructure patterns for regional transportation planning.
• Model terrain using 50-meter contour intervals for hydrological or elevation studies.
• Extract vegetation and hydrography features for land cover classification.
• Use administrative boundaries and locality data for spatial demographic analysis.

Strengths

• Part of a series of 516 maps providing continent-wide coverage of Australia.
• Standard map sheets cover a defined area of approximately 150 km east-west by 110 km north-south.
• Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in PDF format, requiring extraction for computational analysis.
• Map may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-based studies.
• The series includes about 50 non-standard area maps, which may not follow consistent sheet lines.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic map series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 26.

Geography

Australia