Aerial Photography of Minnesota
Digital aerial photography covering Minnesota has been collected since the late-1930s by federal, state, and local governments and by private companies. A great deal of this imagery can be viewed and/or downloaded online. Click on the links below for information about recent digital aerial photography acquisitions, and guidance on how to find, view, download, and use them.
Minnesota Geospatial Image Service
Displays a collection of air photos, hillshade, and topographic maps as seamless layers
2020 Spring Twin Cities metro imagery
Available via the image service; more recent, higher resolution imagery is available for select Metro counties
Spring Aerial Imagery Program for Minnesota
The goal of the Spring Aerial Imagery Program was to acquire 4-band leaf-off imagery statewide
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If you know of other publicly available air photo sources, please let us know: gisinfo.mngeo@state.mn.us