516 maps comprise the AUSTopo series, which covers the entire continent of Australia at a scale of 1:250,000. Each standard map sheet covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude. The maps, produced by Geoscience Australia, contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, 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 road and rail network data.
- Landscape and environmental studies based on vegetation and hydrography features.
- Map sheet creation and combination for coastal areas based on non-standard special maps.
Strengths
- Covers the entire continent of Australia with 516 map sheets.
- Largest scale (1:250,000) at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent.
- Contains multiple feature types including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Geoscience Australia Data
- Collection Method
- Published as part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 18:25:56.264451; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Australia