Status of Topographic Mapping in South Australia

TopographicMappingSouth Australia

History• 1:50,000 topographic map sheet series

• Early ‘70s through to early 2000’s

• Agricultural and settled areas of SA

• Approximately 400 maps

History• 1997 CFS establish Enhanced Mapping

Project

• Statewide regional map books

• CFS, Planning SA (DTUPA), RIG (DEHAA)

• Lower South East CFS Map Book – 1999

• West Coast CFS Map Book - 2006

• 2007 EI (DEH) fully fund Emergency Services Map Book (ESMB)

• 2007–2014 7 ESMB published

• 2014 – 3rd edition MLR

Coverage

Map Scales• Predominantly 1:50,000 or

1:100,000• 1:25,000 Adelaide Hills• 1:20,000 town enlargements• 1:250,000 west coast extension• Regional Maps – 1:200K, 1:400K

Data Update & Map Production• Image, Data, Map• Field validation• Coordination across government– Reduced duplication

• Feature generalisation• Automatic labelling

1 map – multiple formats• Map Books• Map pages– A3 print on demand– Digital geopdf

• TOPOMAP– Digital ecw mosaic