Mapping Michigan

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Mapping Michigan

Mapping Michigan:
An Historical Retrospective
Christopher J. Bessert
Allegan County Land Information Systems
MiCAMP 2010 Conference
September 23, 2010
Mapping Michigan:
• Introduction
• The first maps of Michigan were drawn by
hand in the 1700s.
• This presentation illustrates the
progression of mapping our state over the
course of 300 years, highlighting two
specific types of maps covering the same
geographic area.
Mapping Michigan:
• Earliest Maps of Michigan
• Native American Maps
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Give directions
Illustrate political relationships
Express astrophysical associations
Later maps adopted European concepts of
geometric framing and uniformity
Mapping Michigan:
• Earliest Maps of Michigan
• Exploration and Colonization
• Michigan started off in the “blank area”
• First depictions of Michigan and the Great
Lakes were based on accounts from explorers
and early fur traders
• Wildly inaccurate
• Mostly based on guesswork
• On maps from the 1600-1700s, detail started
at the shoreline and slowly moved inland
Mapping Michigan:
• Earliest Maps
of Michigan
• The shape of
Michigan
Michigan?
Nicolas Sanson, 1683
Mapping Michigan:
John Speed, 1626
Mapping Michigan:
Jan Jansson, 1636
Mapping Michigan:
Jan Jansson, 1666
Mapping Michigan:
Jan Jansson, 1666
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Jean Baptiste Louis Franquelin, 1684
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Nicolas Sanson, 1696
Mapping Michigan:
Pierre Mortier, 1698
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Louis Armand, Baron de Lahontan, 1703
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Herman Moll, 1717
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Nicolas de Fer, 1718
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Henri Abraham Chatelain, 1719
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John Senex, 1719
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J. Schreibers, 1741
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Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1744
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Robert de Vaugondy, 1753
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J.C. Rhode, 1755
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Jacques Nicolas Bellin, 1757
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William Russell, 1778
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Rigobert Bonne, 1783
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Source Uncertain, 1783
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William Russell, 1795
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Aaron Arrowsmith, 1809
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Melish, 1818
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Charles Smith, 1821
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J. Finlayson, 1822
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Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge, 1834
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J. Calvin Smith, 1844
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1855
Mapping Michigan:
• Settlement Maps
• After exploration, maps turned largely to the
colonization and settlement process.
• U.S. Public Land Survey
• Plat maps
• Bird’s-eye maps
Mapping Michigan:
• Michigan Official Highway Map
• Earliest “official” maps date from 1910s
• Maps included in bi-annual State Highway
Commissioner reports to the Governor
• State Highway Department officially begins
publishing a state road map (P.A. 410 of 1919)
• Modern-day map really debuts in 1934
• Drawn by Rand McNally, 1934-1968
• Drawn by H.M.Gousha, maintained by MDOT,
1969-2001.
• Digital edition by MDOT, 2003-Present
Mapping Michigan:
• Earliest State Reward Maps–1910s
1916
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1916
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• Earliest State Reward Maps–1920s
1920
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1920
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• Highway Service Maps—1920s
1920
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1929
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• Highway Service Maps—1920s
1931
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1931
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• Rand McNally: 1934-1968
1934
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1934
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1934
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1934
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1942
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1942
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1942
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1945
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1945
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1945
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1960
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1960
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1960
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1963
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1963
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1963
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• H.M. Gousha/MDOT: 1969-2001
1969
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1969
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1976
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1976
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1978
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1978
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2001
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2001
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• MDOT digital edition: 2003-Present
2003
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2003
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John Speed, 1626
Mapping Michigan:
• The Future?
• The future of mapping in Michigan, as
with any place on the globe, is wide open.
• What will the next 400 years of the
cartographic expression look like?
Mapping Michigan:
Thank you!

Mapping Michigan

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