Wessel Islands Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

Australia's largest-scale published topographic map series covers the entire continent with 516 standard maps. Each map depicts an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, showing natural and constructed features. The series is produced by Geoscience Australia.

Use Cases

• Analyzing road and rail infrastructure patterns across the Wessel Islands region.
• Mapping vegetation coverage and hydrography features like rivers and coastlines.
• Creating elevation models using contour lines with a 50-meter interval.
• Identifying localities and administrative boundaries for regional planning.
• Combining map sheets for coastal areas where standard sheets are largely ocean.

Strengths

• Series comprises 516 maps covering the entire continent.
• Contour lines provide elevation data at a 50-meter interval.
• Maps combine information from surrounding sheets to maximize data utilization.

Limitations

• Specific row/record count and dataset size for the Wessel Islands sheet are unknown.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which is not directly analyzable as structured geospatial data.
• The description does not specify the exact temporal coverage or update history for this map.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Published digital topographic mapping.

Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Wessel Islands, Australia; continent-wide coverage for the full series.