Wooramel SG50-05: Australian Topographic Map at 1:250,000 Scale

Geoscience Australia Data publishes the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series. This map, Wooramel SG50-05, is part of a 516-map series covering the entire continent at a scale of 1:250,000, where 1 cm represents 2.5 km on the ground. Each standard map sheet covers approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, depicting natural and constructed features like roads, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis and elevation modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Infrastructure planning and routing based on depicted road and rail networks.
• Landscape and vegetation studies based on natural feature coverage.
• Geographic reference and boundary verification based on administrative boundaries and localities.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia as part of a 516-map series.
• Provides topographic detail at a consistent scale of 1:250,000, the largest scale for full continental coverage.
• Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au, with potential focus on standard land areas.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:35:47.697459; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia, specifically the area covered by map sheet Wooramel SG50-05.