Minnesota Historical Aerial Photography

MHAPO

MHAPO provides access to over 105,000 digital copies of Minnesota air photos found in our collection and available from Landview. To see the counties and years covered in MHAPO view our air photo holdings page.

12-21-11 | MHAPO has been updated again and now includes even more of the data and links available from Landview. Please be patient. The increase in the number of available airphotos also means a bit longer loading time.

MHAPO is compatible with Firefox or Chrome browsers.

Please send feedback or report any photo links that do not work to mapref@umn.edu.

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Acknowledgements:
MHAPO was created by Joseph Koeller in consultation with John R. Borchert Map Library staff.

Minnesota Historical Aerial Photographs Online | from the John R. Borchert Map Library

Return to the Borchert Map Library.

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Directions and Key

Pushpin Key:
2000+ (oblique photos of the north shore of Lake Superior only)
1980s
1970s
1960s
1950s
1940s
1930s
1920s (St. Paul only)

Option 1: Search for a location or address (you may need to zoom out to see the pushpins for your area).

Option 2: Zoom in using the zoom bar in the upper left corner of the map (or the wheel on your mouse).

Pushpins will appear (when you zoom in or out far enough) indicating the center point of an airphoto.

Click on the pushpins closest to your location to get additional information about the photo and to find the "View Photo" link. Photos will open in a new browser tab or window.

NOTE: For aerial photographs of Minnesota from 1990 to the present, please see the NorthStar Mapper page.