Geoscience Australia Natmap 1:250k Raster Premium

Overview

• Includes all published 1:250 000 scale NATMAPs up to December 2004
• Measure distances on-screen
• Display coordinates as latitude/longitude or grid coordinates, on either the GDA or AGD datum

2005 Premium version, 1:250,000 Raster maps of Australia in DVD Format. Gives very high resolution.

Contains mapsheets and mosaic versions. Uses Internet Explorer to view, or can be used with GPS map programs.

NATMAP Raster maps are exact digital copies of the Australian Government's NATMAP topographic maps.

NATMAP Raster maps have a wide variety of professional and recreational uses, including:

• Real-time navigation with global positioning systems (GPS) using Oziexplorer or Fugawi
• Route and adventure planning
• As backdrops in geographic information systems (GIS), where other information is overlaid and analysed
• Map-based presentations
• A convenient and compact method of storing maps

NATMAP Raster contains all the software needed to use the maps on the Microsoft Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP operating system and Internet Explorer 5.5 or better. Natmaps are included with the GPS navigation program MemoryMap. You can also load Natmap Raster maps to GPS connected programs like Oziexplorer and Fugawi or professional GIS PDA programs like Arcmap or GBM Mobile.

Load maps by selecting from more than 310,000 place names, coordinates, NATMAP name or by using the index map. You can measure distances on-screen and display coordinates as latitude/longitude or grid coordinates, on either the GDA or AGD datum. Image resolution upto 200dpi. Overview windows provide convenient indication of the location of the map on display in relation to the surrounding region and Australia. Includes software to select, view and manage the digital maps.

Compatible with most GIS and graphics packages, either by direct viewing or by exporting to GeoTIFF, TIFF, JPEG, Bitmap, or PNG formats. Print maps for area of interest. Dynamic scale bar changes as you zoom. Ideal for laptop or desktop computers.

Differences in Standard vs Premium editions:

• NATMAP Raster Premium has higher quality images than NATMAP Raster. Premium edition images have lower compression rates applied and in some cases smaller pixel size.
• NATMAP Raster Premium is supplied on 2 DVD-ROMs whilst NATMAP Raster is supplied on 4 CD-ROMs.
• NATMAP Raster has 514 individual maps based on MGA94 (UTM projection). In NATMAP Raster Premium, these maps have been mosaiced into separate UTM zone maps i.e. zone 55 contains all s*55** numbered maps as a single map image.
• Map content and software operation is identical between versions i.e. NATMAP Raster and NATMAP Raster Premium operate in exactly the same way.
• NATMAP Raster Premium Landsat satellite image has 25 metre pixel size, whereas the NATMAP Raster satellite image is coarser with 50 metre pixels.