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Printing to scale

The Queensland Government no longer sells printed copies of topographic maps. Instead, they are freely available from QTopo. You can take your downloaded map to a local printer or print shop. The quality of the printed image will depend on the printer type, settings and paper. You can purchase can buy larger scale printed maps from private map retailers. Use your favourite search engine or see Geoscience Australia distributor network who retail Geoscience Australia's maps and books in various locations throughout Australia. Click here to see the list of Distributors.

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Width

Height

Page Size

Scale

10K Download

840

734

A0

1:10,000

25K Download

710

594

A1

1:25,000

50K Download

710

594

A1

1:50,000

100K Download

710

594

A1

1:100,000

Custom Print A4 10k

297

210

A4

1:10,000

Custom Print A3 10k

420

297

A3

1:10,000

Custom Print A1 10k

710

594

A1

1:10,000

Custom Print A4 25k

297

210

A4

1:25,000

Custom Print A3 25k

420

297

A3

1:25,000

Custom Print A1 25k

710

594

A1

1:25,000

Custom Print A4 50k

297

210

A4

1:50,000

Custom Print A3 50k

420

297

A3

1:50,000

Custom Print A1 50k

710

594

A1

1:50,000

Custom Print A4 100k

297

210

A4

1:100,000

Custom Print A3 100k

420

297

A3

1:100,000

Custom Print A1 100k

710

594

A1

1:100,000

 

Note: for the 10K download - an A1 roll plotter may be able to print them, at worst the 1cm margin around the pdf will be cut off if it is plotted at size and centred.>

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  • Paper used in mapping program (for plots and press) is 110 gsm

  • Paper / inks for maps is traditionally UV resistant

  • Suppliers generally do not trim maps and none fold maps

  • Copy centres plotters are ideally built for printing of posters (pixilated) and not fine detail map reproductions. 

You can download a standard traditional map sheet outside of QTopo by amending the map URL (Note: the map file may be up to 20MB in size). For example, the direct link from QTopo to a standard map sheet (25K scale) is:

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NEW Topo Map: https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/QTopo/StaticMap/QTopo/25k/9442-21/pdf\

UTM-Grid/Magnetic declination

UTM Grid and Magnetic variation for custom maps

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Online resources, such as  http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/geomag/agrfform.jsp and http://www.magnetic-declination.com/ can be used to calculated current values and variation from 2019.

Historical topographic maps

Our topographic map archive is freely available via the Open Data Portal on the Historical topographic map series - Queensland page

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