Meander Map
A LiDAR terrain map redrawn in the language of Harold Fisk's 1944 Mississippi meander plates - geomorphic features and conceptual time layered to show how terrain records a river's long migration.
Year
2026
Scope
- Data Visualization
- Cartography
- Editorial Design
Categories
Data Visualization · Editorial
Selected pages
LiDAR terrain and the redesigned meander map, shown side by side
The original LiDAR-based terrain map
The redesign - geomorphic features layered with conceptual time
Comparison study - Fisk's 1944 plates against the new interpretation
Layer study - channel belts
Layer study - abandoned meander scars
Layer study - floodplain deposition
Layer study - time-coded river migration
Full plate - the river read end to end
Detail - colour keying across overlapping channels
Detail - legend and geomorphic notation