Orthophotography
COMPASS facilitates orthophotography flights over Ada and Canyon Counties. The current acquisition plan is to capture yearly imagery for the urban areas from 2022-2027, and rural areas every several years. The resulting orthophotos and associated contour data are available for purchase. The most current year available is 2025 and covers the urban areas of Canyon and northern Ada County at a three-inch pixel resolution. The rural parts of both counties are covered as well, at a six-inch resolution. Please see the Orthophotography Project Grid Lookup link below to view the coverage.
Digital Orthophotography and Contour Data
The most recent three and six-inch resolution imagery for Ada and Canyon Counties is available for $350 per section; each section includes the corresponding contour data that was generated from the 2019 Lidar collection. The foothills portion does not have corresponding contours, for sections in this area see the “Older Orthophotography” section below. For the price of purchasing orthophotography for the entire project area, please contact Eric Adolfson (208/475-2245).
Please use our lookup tool to determine which orthophoto grid cells apply to your project and to submit your order:
Orthophotography and Contour Data Project Grid Lookup
Older Orthophotography and Contour Data
Older orthophotography and contour data are also available for purchase; please contact COMPASS for information on availability.
Digital contour data created in 2000 are available in .dxf format for the Ada County urban and foothill areas. The product is sold in square mile sections and is a combination of urban and rural areas. Urban resolution (2-foot contours) are $235 per section; rural resolution (5-foot contours) are $70 per section, with price breaks available for multiple purchases. Contact COMPASS for more information.
Lidar Projects
Lidar point cloud data are available for purchase for $220 per grid cell for either high- or low-resolution grid cells. This also includes a ground surface tiff raster file.
Please use our lookup tool to determine which Lidar grid cells apply to your project before ordering: