Renmark 1:250,000 Topographic Map Sheet for Australia

516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale topographic map collection covering the entire Australian continent. Each standard map sheet covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, depicting natural and constructed features like road infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours. Produced by Geoscience Australia, the series uses GDA94/GDA2020 datum and UTM projection, with digital PDFs available for download.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure vectors from map PDFs for regional transportation network analysis.
• Digitize hydrography and 50-meter contour features for watershed modeling and terrain analysis.
• Georeference map sheets using GDA94/GDA2020 coordinates and UTM projection for integration into GIS systems.
• Analyze vegetation and administrative boundary depictions for land-use change studies over standard 1.5°x1° areas.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 map sheets at a consistent 1:250,000 scale.
• Each standard map provides detailed topographic features including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.
• Uses authoritative geodetic standards: GDA94/GDA2020 datum and Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection.

Limitations

• Data is provided as static PDF files, requiring manual or automated feature extraction for analytical use.
• The series includes approximately 50 non-standard 'special maps' with irregular coverage, complicating systematic tiling.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets to fill space, which can blur precise sheet boundaries.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published topographic map series, part of the official AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

null

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Covers the entire continent of Australia.