Swan Hill Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

516 digital maps comprise the AUSTopo series covering the entire Australian continent at a 1:250,000 scale, the largest scale for full continental coverage. Each standard map sheet depicts an area of approximately 1.5 by 1 degrees, showing natural and constructed features including roads, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.

Use Cases

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

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 map sheets.
• Provides the largest scale (1:250,000) topographic coverage for the continent.
• Includes approximately 50 special maps covering non-standard areas.

Limitations

• Data is provided in PDF format, requiring feature extraction for geospatial analysis.
• Map sheets may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise boundary analysis.
• Sample data and specific column/attribute structures are unavailable for review.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Australia