Product catalogue
Map Reading guide: How to Use Topographic Maps Edition 4
The Map Reading Guide is an ideal resource for a wide range of map users and is an excellent and simplistic introduction to topographic maps which are suitable for anyone with an interest in maps. It contains:
- an explanation of what is a topographic map
- steps on how to read topographic maps, including explanations of map scale and how to use a map scale to calculate distance
- the differences between grid north, true north and magnetic north
- an explanation of projections and symbols used on topographic maps
- how hills and mountains are shown on maps using relief shading, hypsometric tinting, and contours
- what a datum is and why there are different datum
- explanations of the difference between geographic and grid coordinates
- how to quote grid references from topographic maps
- how to plan a successful trip using topographic maps
- using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers and magnetic compasses with topographic maps
- using a topographic map to find your current position and to set a course.
This product is the guide/map romer card combination.
Simple
Identification info
- Date (Revision)
- 2016-10-10T00:00:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2016-12-21T10:00:00
- Date (Revision)
- 2019-05-23T07:30:09
- Edition
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3
- Edition date
- 2013-01-01T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/102240
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Custodian Geoscience Australia
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Custodian Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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- Geoscientific information
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
Resource format
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
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Educational Product
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Geoscience Education
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Educational Product
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- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification: Fields of Research
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Earth Sciences
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Published_External
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Resource constraints
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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CC-BY
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4.0
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- License
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- License
Resource constraints
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
- Classification
- Unclassified
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- Distributor contact
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Geoscience Australia
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- OnLine resource
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Download the Map Reading Guide (pdf) [19.6MB]
Download the Map Reading Guide (pdf) [19.6MB]
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- OnLine resource
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Download the Map Romer Card (pdf) [476kb]
Download the Map Romer Card (pdf) [476kb]
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- OnLine resource
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Related product: Map Romer Card (plastic for sale)
Related product: Map Romer Card (plastic for sale)
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Resource lineage
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Unknown
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- Non geographic dataset
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Educational Product
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Source data not available.
Metadata constraints
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Australian Government Security ClassificationSystem
- Edition date
- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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- Unclassified
Metadata
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urn:uuid/853eb598-535f-4d30-bfab-8c97f0a1c95f
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GeoNetwork UUID
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- English
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- UTF8
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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GA Publication: Booklet
Alternative metadata reference
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Geoscience Australia - short identifier for metadata record with
uuid
- Citation identifier
- eCatId/102240
- Date info (Revision)
- 2018-04-22T08:17:27
- Date info (Creation)
- 2005-07-14T00:00:00
Metadata standard
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-1:2014
Metadata standard
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
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- https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551