Ordering Aerial Photos
If you require aerial photos in TIFF format, you may send us a portable storage device and we will copy the data to it and return it to you. Please include a message saying which image collection(s) you want data for and describing the region you need the images to cover.
If you do not require the entire state, you may click on the collection name in the table below to download a shapefile that shows the areas covered by each image. Select the polygons for the images you need and send them to us, along with a storage device large enough to hold them, based on the typical image size.
Please remember to check the true capacity of the device you send us. A two-terabyte device might not be large enough to hold 1800 Gb of data.
We may return your portable device to you via the U.S. Post Office or FedEx. Please include return postage with your device or arrange to pay FedEx for us to return it. Please note that the Post Office requires our PO Box address while FedEx requires our street address, which is now handled through the State Print and Mail physical address.
Please consider using our web services or compressed MrSID images rather than obtaining these large image collections.
Collection | Image Count | Typical Image Size (Mb) | Total Size (Gb) | Tile Type | Coordinate System |
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NAIP 2021 4-band | 11,776 | 428 | 4710 | Quarter Quad | UTM NAD83 |
NAIP 2019 4-band | 11,775 | 435 | 4740 | Quarter Quad | UTM NAD83 |
NAIP 2017 4-band | 13,072 | 403-438 | 5044 | Quarter Quad | UTM NAD83 |
NAIP 2015 4-band | 10,888 | 163 | 1730 | Quarter Quad | UTM NAD83 |
NAIP 2013 4-band | 11,776 | 163 | 1870 | Quarter Quad | UTM NAD83 |
NAIP 2011 4-band | 6,030 | 367 | 2160 | 5 mile square | State Plane NAD83 HARN |
NAIP 2009 4-band | 11,793 | 160 | 1840 | Quarter Quad | UTM NAD83 |
NAIP 2005 Natural Color | 11,703 | 125 | 1430 | Quarter Quad | UTM NAD83 |
NAIP 2005/2006 Color Infrared | 3,977 | 286 | 1110 | 10 km square | State Plane NAD83 |
NAIP is the National Agricultural Imagery Program administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Production and Conservation Business Center (FPAC-BC) Geospatial Enterprise Operations (GEO) Branch.
Post Office address:
Montana State Library
PO Box 201800
Helena, MT 59620-1800
FedEx and UPS address:
Montana State Library
C/O State Print & Mail
1698 A Street
Helena Mt 59601