Wyloo SF50-10: 1:250,000 Scale Digital Topographic Map of Australia

516 maps comprise the largest-scale topographic series covering the entire Australian continent. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude, showing natural and constructed features like infrastructure, vegetation, and 50-meter contours. Geoscience Australia provides this data in digital PDF format with coordinates in GDA94, GDA2020, and AHD datums.

Use Cases

• Terrain analysis and elevation modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Infrastructure and land-use planning based on depicted road, rail, and administrative boundaries.
• Environmental and hydrological studies based on mapped vegetation and hydrography features.
• Creating regional base maps for GIS projects based on standardized UTM projection and geographic coordinates.

Strengths

• Covers the entire continent of Australia at a consistent 1:250,000 scale.
• Comprises 516 individual map sheets, with approximately 50 covering non-standard areas for optimal land coverage.
• Includes multiple coordinate datums (GDA94, GDA2020, AHD) and uses the Universal Traverse Mercator projection.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is provided in PDF format, which may require conversion for direct geospatial analysis.
• Last updated 2026-03-25 17:30:32.701027; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Part of the published AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:30:32.701027.

Geography

Australia