AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series 1:250 000

The AUSTopo - Australian Digital Topographic Map Series covers the whole of Australia at a scale of 1:250 000 (1cm on a map represents 2.5 km on the ground). 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. The series currently comprises 509 maps, excluding maps covering Tasmania. Maps at a scale of 1:250,000 covering Tasmania can be downloaded from the Tasmanian government TASMAP website.Coordinates: Geographical and MGA Datum: GDA94, GDA2020, AHD. Projection: Universal Traverse Mercator (UTM) Medium: Digital PDF download.