Meander Maps Of The Mississippi

In 1944 Harold Fisk published a serial of beautiful looking maps of the Mississippi River. In his 'Geological Investigation of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River', commissioned past times the Army Corp of Engineers, Fisk non alone mapped the menstruum of the Mississippi simply equally good tried to stand upward for how the river's degree has meandered too changed over time.

Fisk's maps run a issue of unlike colors to demonstrate the unlike courses of the river over the centuries. You tin sentiment static images of all xv of Fisk's maps for the Army Corp of Engineers on this radicalcartography post.

Some of the Army Corp of Engineers' afterwards meander maps of the Mississippi River tin equally good move viewed on Meiotic's Meander Maps. Meiotic has geo-referenced a few of the Army Corp's maps too placed them on elevation of modern maps too aerial imagery of the river's course. These maps include a slider command which permit you lot to compare the Army Corp's master copy maps alongside a modern map of the river.

Luckily Somebits has equally good geo-referenced all 15 of Fisk's master copy maps. The 1944 Map Of Former Courses of the Mississippi stitches all 15 maps together. Unfortunately the modern aerial imagery seem to move broken on this interactive map. However you lot tin nonetheless compare Fisk's map to a modern map of the Mississippi too you lot tin run the interactive map controls to zoom-in too written report Fisk's beautiful maps inwards loving detail.