Geoscience Australia online maps [gaMapConnect]

Overview
The map below is an example of a map generated using the free service at Geoscience Australia online maps [gaConnect]. It was created using the Topo 250K theme. A custom map is created by first selecting the desired area to be covered. The themes and labels displayed on the map can be manipulated, and various markup tools allow extra detail to be added. Some of these markup tools are demonstrated on the sample map embedded below. Created maps can be saved as a saved session [.ssn] file or saved as a pdf file. Saved session files can be reopened at a later date and further modified. Hard copies can be printed from the pdf files.
The pdf maps can be embedded into a blog as html code in the 'Edit html' mode. To get an embedment code the pdf maps must first be uploaded to a site such as docstoc.com and the embedding code copied and pasted into the blog edit mode.

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My experience from using these maps is that they work well as locality maps at a scale of about 1:100000. By using the polygon markup tool the area of the walk can be marked.