Like the public domain files from Tennessee's STS-GIS Services, lidar data can be used to generate a variety of useful information products, from elevation surfaces to 3D products.
A brief introduction to what lidar data is and how it can be used.
View an LAS dataset in 3D and in profile to measure the height of land features.
Create a hillshade layer out of a mosaic dataset using raster functions.
Calculate indexed contours from your hillshade and export them to CAD.