First posted November 30, 2023 For additional information, contact: Director, National Geospatial ProgramU.S. Geological Survey12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Mail Stop 511Reston, VA 20192Email: 3DEP@usgs.gov In Minnesota, high-quality elevation data are essential for agriculture and precision farming, natural resources conservation, flood risk management, infrastructure and construction management, water supply and quality, coastal zone management, and many other business uses. Critical applications that meet the State’s management needs depend on light detection and ranging (lidar) data that provide a highly detailed three-dimensional (3D) model of the Earth’s surface and aboveground features.
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