This article is a summary of ‘Linking cover and basement rocks in the central Gawler Craton, South Australia’ (Report Book 2020/00029) and provides an overview of the workflow to link basement and surface structures. We also explored the applicability of the landscape pattern recognition algorithm developed at CSIRO to map the variability of landscapes at a large scale in the central Gawler Craton, based on digital elevation model data that displays the ‘raw’ variability of the landscape surface. We used a computer-assisted workflow to assist with making more objective, time efficient interpretations than previous maps based on domain expert interpretations. This study also aimed to understand the relationship between the basement fabric and the cover's variability in the central Gawler Craton, and to delineate areas of particular interest in mineral exploration for surface geochemical follow-up (surface and basement lineaments, landscape domains and definition of targets).