SOFIA - Maps - Elevation Contours of Lake Okeechobee 2001

Elevation Contours of Lake Okeechobee
2001

Download raw data, jpeg, and pdf files below

By Gary W. Hill, Nancy T. DeWitt, and Mark Hansen
2002

map of Lake Okeechobee elevation contours (in feet)

Elevation contour maps of Lake Okeechobee are available as JPEG and PDF files

You will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files.

Contours in feet

23.82" x 28.89" JPEG (612 KB)
8.18" x 9.92" PDF (828 KB)
27.24" x 33.03" PDF (3.9 MB)

Contours in meters

23.82" x 28.89" JPEG (432 KB)
8.18" x 9.92" PDF (588 KB)
27.24" x 33.03" PDF (3.5 MB)

Note: You can click on the map (at left) to view larger JPEG images of northwestern, northeastern, southwestern, and southeastern sections.

Lake Okeechobee Bathymetry Data

Download metadata (24 KB)

Download raw data file (ptokeemft.xyz) (60 MB)

The format of the data file "ptokeemft.xyz" is as follows:

Col 1 Longitude - GRS80/NAD83
Col 2 Latitude - GRS80/NAD83
Col 3 X State Plane (ft)- Florida East Zone
Col 4 Y State Plane (ft) - Florida East Zone
Col 5 VERTCON correction factor (m)
Col 6 Elevation (m)- NAVD88
Col 7 Elevation (ft) - NAVD88
Col 8 Elevation (m) - NGVD29
Col 9 Elevation (ft) - NGVD29

Lake Okeechobee Contour Maps

AI-ft and AI-m files contain the digital copies of the Adobe Illustrator Lake Okeechobee contour maps with a SPOT mosaic background. AI-ft is the feet version and AI-m is the metric version. Please note: the files below are very large and have been "zipped" to try to reduce their file size. See the note below about downloading and "unzipping" .zip files.

AI-ft.zip (96 MB)
AI-m.zip (94 MB)

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