Tag Archives: rivers

linework-type map of the Mississippi river and tributaries, with cities marked along the rivers

Map Monday: An Urban Transit-Type Portrayal of the Upper Mississippi

• March 11, 2019

A cartographer living in Madison, Wisconsin, Daniel Huffman makes maps as an art form. He has created typewriter maps, a chart of islands called “Round Island,” a wine country map in the style of the Oregon Trail, an unfurled map of Lake Michigan’s shoreline and an entire series of River Transit Maps. It’s fascinating to see our waterways […]

Rochester: Ma Riviere

• May 13, 2016

Fictional French film maker Jean-Francois Malibu supplied us with this short film based on his own reflections having been born and raised in Rochester.  Many thanks to him, or as they say in French, “merci beaucoup.”