Southern Cross SH50-16: Australian Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale topographic map series covering the entire Australian continent. Each standard map sheet covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, representing about 150 by 110 kilometers on the ground. Geoscience Australia publishes this series, which includes natural and constructed features like 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
• Land cover and vegetation studies based on mapped natural features
• Hydrographic analysis based on mapped water bodies and drainage
• Creating regional base maps for spatial analysis based on standardized sheet coverage

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 map sheets
• Provides data at a consistent and detailed scale of 1:250,000
• Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020) and projections (UTM)
• Contains a wide range of mapped features including infrastructure, vegetation, and contours

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may require conversion for direct GIS use
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic map series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:27:20.858422; freshness should be verified

Geography

Australia