Contents of First Generation Minnesota Lidar Geodatabase Files

Minnesota's first generation lidar-derived data is from a number of sources, thus the data collected and the products created are not identical. The table indicates which products are contained within the county geodatabase available for each of the following counties. For more information see the Minnesota Lidar Information webpage.

"m" in a column heading stands for "meter"; for example, "DEM 1m" is a digital elevation model created with 1-meter resolution

County DEM 1m DEM 3m Hillshade 1m Hillshade 3m Contours 2 ft Contours 10 ft Contours 50 ft Break-
lines
Validation Points Building Footprints Tile Index
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago *
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing *
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake Of The Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
St. Louis
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns *
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright *
Yellow Medicine

* These counties used hydro breaklines plus some other features, such as roads, for which elevations were known.