Minnesota Air Photos - FSA, USDA: 2005

Through the National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP), the Farm Service Agency collects color imagery used to monitor U.S. Department of Agriculture farm programs. Other organizations and citizens use NAIP photos for countless other applications.
 

2005 NAIP georectified photos

Most of Minnesota was flown in Summer 2005. The photos are 2-meter resolution.

• Map of areas flown in 2005
• Documentation
• Download free from USDA's Data Gateway:  The download file also includes a polygon shapefile showing the outlines of the quarter-quad files used to create the county mosaic; the shapefile's IDAT attribute is the date the quarter-quad was flown.
  These are MrSID Generation 3 files -- ArcView 3.x users, see MrSID help page if you have trouble viewing them.
   

Other Minnesota Photos

• Other years of FSA NAIP photography
• Other air photos for Minnesota
   

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