Weipa Special Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

AUSTopo's Weipa Special SD54-03 is a digital topographic map from the Australian national series at a scale of 1:250,000. The series comprises 516 maps covering the entire continent, with approximately 50 special maps like this one covering non-standard areas. It contains natural and constructed features including infrastructure, 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 terrain modeling and watershed delineation.
• Identify vegetation coverage and administrative boundaries for land-use planning studies.
• Combine map sheet information from surrounding areas for seamless spatial analysis of non-standard regions.

Strengths

• Part of a standardized national series of 516 topographic maps covering all of Australia.
• Contains multiple feature layers including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.
• Uses modern geodetic datums (GDA94, GDA2020) and UTM projection for spatial accuracy.

Limitations

• Data is provided as a static PDF, requiring feature extraction for geospatial analysis.
• Map may contain information from surrounding sheets, potentially complicating precise boundary definition.
• The scale of 1:250,000 is suitable for regional analysis but not for high-resolution, local studies.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic map from the AUSTopo national series.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Covers a non-standard area near Weipa, Australia; part of continent-wide coverage.