Comments on: Map of the Ancient Mississippi http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/?src=elegantfigures-rss On data visualization and information design on the Earth Observatory. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:40:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robert Simmon http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-61206 Robert Simmon Thu, 03 Jan 2013 14:57:13 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-61206 The entire set of maps is available here: http://lmvmapping.erdc.usace.army.mil/index.htm

]]> By: Bruce L. Manzano http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-61205 Bruce L. Manzano Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:05:01 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-61205 It would be neat to track the locations of prehistoric sites along this meandering maze to see where people put their villages, monuments, and cemeteries.

]]> By: Jerrilee Cain http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-61203 Jerrilee Cain Tue, 25 Dec 2012 18:02:51 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-61203 Please tell me how to get a map of the northern Mississippi alluvial valley . . . the area between Keokuk, Iowa,
and Memphis, TN. Are they available ?

]]> By: Robert Simmon http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-60971 Robert Simmon Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:30:14 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-60971 Margaret: I don’t know of anyone selling prints, but you could download some of the TIFFs (links above) and print them via Zazzle, Cafe Press, or a similar service.

]]> By: Margaret Eaton http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-60970 Margaret Eaton Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:44:14 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-60970 Anyone know if there are reprints of this map available for purchase?

]]> By: David Perry http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-17942 David Perry Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:24:45 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-17942 So I also agree with Peter and Harry, we also would save on money helping people with thear dameged homes

]]> By: Harry Mc Laughlin http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-12582 Harry Mc Laughlin Fri, 20 May 2011 14:17:30 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-12582 I agree with Peter, it makes no economic sense to build on floodplains.

]]> By: Adrian http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-12299 Adrian Thu, 19 May 2011 13:08:07 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-12299 I have always been intriqed when it comes to ‘ mother earth ‘ . Can’t get enough , and don’t know enough to ask the right questions !

]]> By: Peter Curia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-12294 Peter Curia Wed, 18 May 2011 18:46:50 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-12294 Levees are a disaster. Rivers need flood plains and no structures should ever be built in them.

]]> By: Robert Simmon http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/05/11/map-of-the-ancient-mississippi/comment-page-1/#comment-12268 Robert Simmon Fri, 13 May 2011 19:06:39 +0000 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/?p=358#comment-12268 Delta: On the US Army Corps of Engineers page I pointed to, there’s a series of links under “documents” along the left hand side of the page. You can download the full report, scans of the plates, and orthorectified plates. They’re very large zipped archives.

http://lmvmapping.erdc.usace.army.mil/RiverBasins/Fisk_44_report.zip
http://lmvmapping.erdc.usace.army.mil/RiverBasins/Oversized_Plates.zip
http://lmvmapping.erdc.usace.army.mil/RiverBasins/Fisk_Rectified.zip

Kit: You’re right, although I think the colors have faded a bit. The originals may have been better.

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