(TNS) — Farmers, watershed managers and others with an interest now have easy access to precise information on land elevations and similar data in the Minnesota portion of the Red River Basin ...

Users also can "snap a line" to gather elevation profiles between two points on a map. The new data builds on an existing 2009 LiDAR database that wasn't as precise, Sip said in an interview. "The ...

The unique topographical qualities of the Red River and its expansive basin, spanning eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota, often present spring floods as snowmelt flows north to Lake Winnipeg.