Rodinga SG53-02: 1:250,000 Scale Digital Topographic Map of Australia

AUSTopo's 1:250,000 digital topographic map covering the Rodinga SG53-02 area of Australia. It is one of 516 standard maps in the series, which is the largest scale covering the entire continent, with each sheet covering approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude. The map, provided by Geoscience Australia, contains natural and constructed features including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis and elevation modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Infrastructure planning and routing based on road and rail network data.
• Environmental and land-use studies based on vegetation and hydrography features.
• Creating base maps for regional planning based on administrative boundaries and localities.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia at a consistent 1:250,000 scale.
• Contains approximately 516 standard maps plus 50 special maps for non-standard areas.
• 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 geospatial analysis.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published as part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 06:53:39.915104; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia, specifically the Rodinga SG53-02 map sheet area.