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March 12, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Anketell SF51-02 - AUSTopo 1:250 000 digital map

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CACommonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)Geoscience AustraliaLCL. CarterCarter Center

Key Points

  • To present a digital topographic map series of Australia at a large scale.
  • Creation of 516 maps covering Australia at a scale of 1:250 000.
  • Incorporation of information from surrounding sheets for better space utilization.
  • Inclusion of natural and constructed features such as roads, rail, and vegetation.
  • Each map covers roughly 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude.
  • Maps contain contours with a 50m interval and display various geographic features.
  • Approximately 50 special maps combined with neighboring land areas to cover largely ocean areas.

Abstract

This map is part of the AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series. It covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:250 000 (1cm on a map represents 2.5 km on the ground) and comprises 516 maps. This is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire continent. Each standard map covers an area of approximately 1.5 degrees longitude by 1 degree latitude or about 150 kilometres from east to west and at least 110 kilometres from north to south. The topographic map shows approximate coverage of the sheets. The map may contain information from surrounding map sheets to maximise utilisation of available space on the map sheet. There are about 50 special maps in the series and these maps cover a non-standard area. Typically, where a map produced on standard sheet lines is largely ocean it is combined with its landward neighbour. These maps contain natural and constructed features including road and rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, contours (interval 50m), localities and some administrative boundaries. Coordinates: Geographical and MGA Datum: GDA94, GDA2020, AHD. Projection: Universal Traverse Mercator (UTM) Medium: Digital PDF download.

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Australia) et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69b25b1996eeacc4fcec9791https://doi.org/10.26186/148034
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