Shark Bay Topographic Map Series Covering Australia, 1995-2009

The Shark Bay Special Topographic Map covers an area of approximately 160 by 238 kilometers in Western Australia. It contains natural and constructed features including roads, vegetation, hydrography, 50m contours, and boundaries for the Francois Peron National Park and Shark Bay Marine Park. The series of 513 maps covers the whole of Australia, with currency ranging from 1995 to 2009.

Use Cases

• Map terrain and elevation changes based on contour data with a 50-meter interval.
• Analyze land cover and infrastructure distribution based on depicted vegetation and road networks.
• Study administrative boundaries and protected areas based on included park and marine park boundaries.
• Compare satellite imagery with topographic features based on the reverse-side satellite image overlay.

Strengths

• Covers a large, defined area of approximately 160 by 238 kilometers.
• Includes multiple data layers such as contours, infrastructure, vegetation, and administrative boundaries.
• Part of a larger series of 513 maps providing coverage for the whole of Australia.
• 95% of maps in the series have a reliability date of 1994 or later.

Limitations

• Data currency ranges from 1995 to 2009; features may be outdated.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The specific number of rows or data points within the map area is unknown.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Time Range

1995 to 2009

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 02:03:48.170107; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Shark Bay region, Western Australia, and the whole of Australia for the series.