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Map Monday: Constellation City Map of Minnesota & Neighboring States

Here is a fun and graphically minimalist approach to mapping cities in different states, from the Barely Maps website created by Peter Gorman. These “maps” show the largest cities in any state as stars in constellations, with the largest city as the large star, the lines demarcate a larger distance):

Here is Minnesota:

Constellation Map Mn

And our neighboring states of

Wisconsin:

Constellation Map

Iowa:

Constellation Map Ia

South Dakota (I like this one):

Constellation Map Sd

North Dakota:

Constellation Map Nd

Check out all 50 states, as well as Gorman’s other fun cartographic designs.

Bill Lindeke

About Bill Lindeke

Pronouns: he/him

Bill Lindeke has writing blogging about sidewalks and cities since 2005, ever since he read Jane Jacobs. He is a lecturer in Urban Studies at the University of Minnesota Geography Department, the Cityscape columnist at Minnpost, and has written multiple books on local urban history. He was born in Minneapolis, but has spent most of his time in St Paul. Check out Twitter @BillLindeke or on Facebook.