Wilcannia Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

AUSTopo digital topographic map sheet SH54-16 provides detailed landscape representation of the Wilcannia region. It is part of a national series of 516 maps covering the entire continent of Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. The map data is produced by Geoscience Australia and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze road and rail infrastructure networks from the map's transportation features for regional connectivity planning.
• Model terrain elevation and slope using the 50-meter contour interval data for hydrological or erosion studies.
• Identify vegetation cover and hydrographic features like rivers for ecological habitat mapping and conservation.
• Extract administrative boundaries and locality points for demographic or service delivery analysis in remote areas.

Strengths

• Provides continent-wide coverage as part of a standardized series of 516 maps.
• Represents features at a detailed scale where 1 cm on the map equals 2.5 km on the ground.
• Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and UTM projection for precise georeferencing.

Limitations

• Specific row and feature counts for the individual map sheet are unknown.
• Data is delivered as a static PDF, which may require extraction for computational analysis.
• The map may contain information from surrounding sheets, which could complicate precise boundary analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data.

Collection Method

Published as part of the official AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Freshness

Updated in March 2026.

Geography

Covers the Wilcannia region of Australia, with each standard map covering approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude.