Railroad Map Conversion Project
The Office of Land Management recently completed a project that indexed and preserved a sizeable collection of Minnesota’s railroad right of way valuation maps and associated railroad station plat maps. Growing levels of demand for these historic maps presented obstacles to those seeking an efficient means to locate specific maps. Additionally, there are concerns with maps losing their integrity due to deteriorating physical condition. Using GIS technology, this project involved indexing, scanning and converting the paper maps into digital form for easier searching by use of a spatial index. To access these maps, please use the link to the right.
Quick Links
- 2013 Survey Technical Workshop Registration Information
- Right of Way Mapping and Monitoring
- Right of Way Map Order Form
- Geodetic Monument Viewer
- MnCORS Network Status Map
- Surveying and Mapping Manuals
- OLM ftp site
Related Sites
- Minnesota Governor's Council on Geographic Information
- Minnesota
Geospatial Information Office (MGIO) (f.k.a. LMIC) - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
- GeoGateway
- MetroGIS DataFinder
- Minnesota GIS/LIS Consortium
Documents and Sample Images
- Railroad Route Location - Active and Abandoned - PDF (371 KB)
- Statewide Map of Valuation Map Footprints - PDF (550 KB)
- Statewide Map of Station Plat Points - PDF (498 KB)
- Railroad FAQ - PDF (42 KB)
- Sample Valuation Map - TIF (808 KB)
- Sample Valuation Map Caption Block - TIF (14 KB)
- Sample Station Plat - TIF (1 MB)
- Sample Station Plat Caption Block - TIF (19 KB)
- 1917 Railroad Map - GIF (1 MB) *
- 1930 Railroad Map - GIF (1 MB) *
* Higher resolution versions of these maps can be made available by special arrangement. See contact information and order link below.
All the railroad valuation maps from the collection are available and by self-service can be accessed and downloaded for no charge at Mn/DOT's Mapping and Monitoring website. We are working to also include the railroad station plats on the website.
For more information regarding the content of these maps, or if you have questions about the methods used to spatially reference them, contact the Office of Land Management, (651)366-5000, LISRWMap.dot@state.mn.us.
For other types of railroad maps, contact George Thibault at 651.366.3708 in the Office of Freight and Commercial Vehicle Operations (OFRWinfo@dot.state.mn.us).