Program Details
Minnesota Aerial Photography: 2008
NAIP digital aerial photography was acquired for the state of Minnesota from
May 2008 until September 2008. The imagery was orthorectified using ground
control (absolute accuracy) unlike Minnesota's 2003 NAIP imagery which used
previously flown air photos. The Minnesota Department of Transportation
supervised ground control target placement and over 500 targets were installed
and surveyed prior to collecting the imagery. Testing of the imagery indicates
that horizontal accuracy has improved significantly as compared to the accuracy
of the 2003 NAIP imagery (see link below).
Flight Dates
Maps: The color coded maps below depict when the imagery was acquired both by date and month. Click on the images to view larger illustrations of image acquisition date or month.
By date
By month
Statewide shapefile: Polygons showing the outlines of the quarter-quadrangle boundaries -- see the attribute for date flown (IDAT). (Note that the county compressed mosaic download files include a shapefile for just the quarter-quads used to create the mosaic.)
More Details
- Handout (2 p., 44K, PDF) Updated November 12, 2008
- Task Order: describes detailed specifications for the imagery (112 p., 7.7 MB, PDF)
- Contracting process and timeline Updated May 12, 2009
- FSA status maps: acquisition; coverage; camera type; contractors
- NAIP Partnership Agreement Information Sheet (2 p., 53K, PDF)
- NAIP/FSA Map Accuracy Report Summary (4 p., 514K, PDF).
Return to MnGeo's first-stop Aerial Photography page
Click on the image to view air photo acquisition by date
Click on the image to view air photo acquisition by month