Springvale Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale for Australia

516 maps form the AUSTopo series, the largest-scale published topographic coverage for the entire Australian continent. Each standard map sheet covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, depicting natural and constructed features like infrastructure, vegetation, and hydrography. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia and includes both standard and approximately 50 special non-standard area maps.

Use Cases

• Extract road and rail infrastructure features for regional transportation network analysis.
• Analyze hydrography and 50-meter contour intervals for watershed modeling and terrain assessment.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.
• Combine map sheets with neighboring data for coastal area analysis where standard sheets are largely ocean.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
• Provides the largest scale (1:250,000) for published topographic maps of Australia.
• Contains multiple data layers including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, which requires extraction or conversion for direct geospatial analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise area-based queries.
• The static PDF medium limits real-time interaction or integration compared to vector or raster GIS formats.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the official AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia