GEODATA TOPO 2.5M 2003 (GA)
The GEODATA TOPO 2.5M 2003 product is a national seamless data product aimed at regional or national applications. It is a vector representation of the Australian landscape as represented on the Geoscience Australia 1:2.5M general reference maps and is suitable for GIS applications.
It supersedes the TOPO 2.5M 1998 product by being developed according to GEODATA standards as described below. The data was derived from GEODATA TOPO 250K Series 2 data where available and GEODATA TOPO 250K Series 1 and has double precision accuracy.
The product consists of eleven data layers, including built-up areas, contours, drainage, framework, localities, offshore, rail transport, road transport, sand ridges, spot heights, and waterbodies.
Data and resources
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This layer shows the rivers and creeks.HTML Open
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This layer contains waterbodies such as lakes and areas subject to inundation. The features are represented as unnamed polygons.HTML Open
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This layer shows the states and coastline of Australia as a line border.HTML Open
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This layer shows the location of populated places and locations of interest such as mountains, peaks, ranges, island names, etcHTML Open
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This layer shows the states and coastline of Australia as a polygon.HTML Open
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Contains generalised contours (as lines) at 0, 200, 500 and 1000 m.HTML Open
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This layer contains offshore features, mainly reefs (no names though).HTML Open
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This layer contains waterbodies such as lakes and areas subject to inundation. The features are represented as unnamed lines.HTML Open
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This layer shows rail lines.HTML Open
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This layer contains generalised contours (as polygons) at 0, 200, 500 and 1000 m.HTML Open
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This layer shows the outlines of reefs.HTML Open
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This layer shows the built up areas of the major towns and cities. Each polygon is named.HTML Open
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This layer shows the major roads.HTML Open
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This layer shows the location of rail stations. This includes the names of the stations.HTML Open
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This layer shows a couple of hundred spot heights of major features such as mountains and hills.HTML Open
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This layer shows the reefs as polygons. They are unnamed.HTML Open
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This layer shows sand ridges as lines.HTML Open
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Location of waterbodies and areas subject to inundation. Some features are named.HTML Open
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Additional information
| Date (creation) | 2003-10-01 |
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| Date (revision) | 2004-07-01 |
| Status | completed |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | en |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-11-05 |
| Created | 2026-11-05 |
| API | package_show |