Raster Elevation Data and Shaded Relief Maps for Minnesota

If you are looking for:

Consistent resolution products for the whole state, go to the State section.
Data beyond Minnesota, go to either the National or Global sections.

State

Lidar-derived

See the Lidar: Available Data webpage
Hillshade layer (black-and-white image) added to MnGeo's WMS image service
- Graphic showing areas covered by the hillshade - the entire state is covered except for several large lakes.
- MnTOPO: Basemaps include color terrain and black-and-white terrain.
- Viewer, download files, and documentation

Shaded relief, 30-meter, along Root River, Houston Co

National/Continental

The National Map (USGS)
The elevation layer of The National Map provides bare earth DEM layers in several resolutions.
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (NASA, NGA)
SRTM obtained elevation data on a near-global scale using a specially modified radar system onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in February 2000. The U.S. is covered by both 30-meter and 90-meter resolution data.
- JPL's SRTM website provides more information
- SRTM version 4 (CGIAR-CSI)
  Data voids in 90-meter SRTM are filled in this version.
U.S. Shaded Relief Maps (The National Map, USGS)

SRTM shaded relief of North America - courtesy JPL

Global

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
Near-global coverage is available at 90-meter resolution.
- JPL's SRTM website provides more information.
- SRTM version 4 (CGIAR-CSI)
  Data voids in 90-meter SRTM are filled in this version.
GTOPO30 (Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation)
Approximately 1-km resolution raster data derived from a variety of sources.
- HYDRO1k
  Hydrologically correct DEM derived from GTOPO30.
ASTER DEM (NASA and Japan) entire archive available at no charge to all users
Each elevation measurement point in this digital elevation model is 30 meters apart. Stereo-pair images are produced by merging two slightly offset two-dimensional images to create the three-dimensional effect of depth.

Elevation image of earth - courtesy of European Space Agency

Information Source Abbreviations:

    CGIAR-CSI: Consultative Group for International Agriculture Research - Consortium for Spatial Information
    JPL: Jet Propulsion Lab
    NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    NGA: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
    USGS: United States Geological Survey