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March 12, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Plumridge SH51-08 - AUSTopo 1:250 000 digital map

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CACommonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)LCL. Carter

Key Points

  • To provide a comprehensive topographic map of Australia at a scale of 1:250,000, detailing various geographic features.
  • Digital mapping technique is used to cover the entirety of Australia.
  • Maps are produced at a scale where 1 cm represents 2.5 km on the ground.
  • Includes standard maps covering about 150 km x 110 km areas and 50 special maps for non-standard regions.
  • The map series consists of 516 individual maps detailing both natural and constructed features.
  • Features include roads, rail infrastructure, vegetation, hydrography, and contours with 50m intervals.
  • Coordinates are provided using Geographical and MGA Datums GDA94, GDA2020, and AHD.

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/69b25b4996eeacc4fcec9e26https://doi.org/10.26186/148399
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