Zanthus SH51-15: 1:250,000 Scale Topographic Map of Australia

Geoscience Australia Data publishes the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series. The series comprises 516 standard maps covering the entire continent at a 1:250,000 scale, where each standard sheet covers approximately 150 by 110 kilometers. Maps contain natural and constructed features including infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and 50-meter contours, and are available as digital PDF downloads.

Use Cases

• Regional land-use planning based on depicted infrastructure, vegetation, and hydrography.
• Terrain analysis and modeling based on 50-meter contour intervals.
• Creating base maps for field studies based on the standardized topographic features.
• Assessing transportation networks based on depicted road and rail infrastructure.

Strengths

• Covers the entire Australian continent with 516 standard maps, the largest scale for full coverage.
• Each standard map covers a consistent area of approximately 150 km east-west by 110 km north-south.
• Contains multiple natural and constructed feature layers, including contours, hydrography, and infrastructure.

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.
• Freshness should be verified; the last update timestamp is 2026-03-25 18:02:40.164724.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:02:40.164724

Geography

Australia