MnTOPO is a web application for viewing, printing and downloading high-resolution elevation data for Minnesota that was collected using LiDAR technology.

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View, view change over time, and download historical topo maps with collar information in choice of JPEG, KMZ, GeoPDF or GeoTIFF. Minnesota Geological Survey: Purchase topo maps; free map index over the counter at MGS's St. Paul location. Mathematically generated grids representing USGS quadrangle map outlines.

MnGeo’s Geospatial Image Service provides versatile access to Minnesota air photos, hillshades, and scanned topographic maps using a Web Map Service (WMS). Using this service means you don't need to download and store these very large files on your own computer.

• Visualization and sharing of free topographic maps. Average elevation: 1,240 ft • Minnesota, United States • The state's high point is Eagle Mountain at 2,301 feet (701 m), which is only 13 miles (21 km) away from the low point of 601 feet (183 m) at the shore of Lake Superior.

MnTOPO lets you choose several layers of information to display over your choice of four background basemaps. Overlays include contour lines at 2-foot, 10-foot, and 50-foot intervals, flight lines (click on a line to find out more about the LiDAR data collected in that area), and FEMA floodplain boundaries.

TopoZone takes you across Minnesota, with printable online topographic maps of all regions of the state. Choose to view topos of deep river valleys or rolling hills, flat prairie land or Eagle Mountain, the highest point in extreme northeast Minnesota.

Thanks to advances in technology and the formation of data collection and evaluation partnerships, a new elevation collection project was possible using LiDAR. This statewide seamless elevation information can be viewed and downloaded through Minnesota’s new elevation portal called MnTOPO.

An accurate understanding of the topography of an area and the elevation of specific locations is vital to understanding the physical and biological processes that are occurring both on the landscape and in the atmosphere.

This is a generalized topographic map of Minnesota. It shows elevation trends across the state. Detailed topographic maps and aerial photos of Minnesota are available in the Geology.com store.