Free Vicmap topographic maps for CFA members

 

Vicmap topographic maps, created by The Department of Transport and Planning, are available statewide in four scales: 1:25,000 (A0),1:30,000 (A3 and A4), 1:50,000 (A0) and 1:100,000 (A0).

 

These maps are created using Vicmap, the state’s authoritative government data, and are updated every 18 to 24 months.

Every year CFA members have the opportunity to download Vicmap topographic maps from the Vicmap Viewer App and Vicmap Topo Online free of charge. This year free access will be given between 1 October and 15 October, when members can download more than 10,000 topographic maps statewide, plus custom maps at various scales. 

The maps show natural and built features – for example, waterbodies, watercourses, contours, vegetation, roads, railways and buildings – and administrative boundaries such as private and public land. These maps are widely used by CFA and other emergency services to enable efficient decision-making during interagency emergency incidents.

The maps are georeferenced and can be used for navigation in the field for incident control management, asset protection, locating water sources, and planning evacuation and escape routes.

To download maps at no cost during the free period, use the coupon code VICMAP_CFA_2024. After the map is downloaded it can be viewed on your mobile phone without connectivity. You can geolocate yourself in remote areas, take geolocated photos, track your route or drop a pin using a third-party app such as Avenza Maps.

For more information visit Vicmap Topographic Mapping.

 

Submitted by	News and Media