The most detailed topographic map of Fort Lauderdale on the internet.

Find, create and share high-resolution topographic maps using Equator.

Fort Lauderdale topographic maps, accessible in Equator, is used by infrastructure design professionals such as:

• Architects
• Planners
• Construction Professionals
• Civil Engineers
• Flood Analysts
• Landscape Designers

The Fort Lauderdale topographic map can be used for a variety of tasks, including:

• Generating contours
• Viewing 3D surfaces from built-in LiDAR
• Cutting cross sections
• Sourcing and view LiDAR point clouds
• Creating markups, measurements, labels and figures
• Extracting elevation data
• Link sharing data

The Fort Lauderdale topographic data comes from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and their 3D Elevation Program (3DEP). You can read more about the 3DEP here. Built-in Fort Lauderdale elevation data is sourced from a library of airborne LiDAR surveys that are managed by the USGS. This data is connected to Equator for easy access.

Contours can be extracted from the Fort Lauderdale topographic map at the resolution of your choosing. Contours can be exported to a variety of formats including shapefile (.shp) and drawing (.dxf).

Digital elevation models (DEMs), digital surface models (DSMs), point clouds and 3D surfaces are also available.

Contours can be opened in AutoDesk Civil3D (or similar) simply by opening an dxf file or shapefile exported from Equator. This tutorial explains how to create a 3D surface in Civil 3D directly from a shapefile.

The Fort Lauderdale LiDAR dataset was collected in 2018 at quality level 1. The data collection began in June of 2018 and concluded in June of 2018.

Equator allows users to access local LiDAR surveys to the best available resolution.  Experience 3D topography in high-resolution, unlike ever before.