Design
The Coast of Lake Michigan Looks Extra Oceanic in This New 'Linear Map'
Daniel Huffman unfurls the Great Lake’s massive shoreline to map how people relate to it.
When I visit Lake Michigan, I feel staggering incredulity: How is this not an ocean? Driving between cities around its 1,400 miles of shoreline—say, from Chicago to Grand Rapids—emphasizes the lake’s vast scroll, since the only way to go is around. A new map captures that experience.
Madison-based cartographer Daniel Huffman—a longtime favorite at CityLab—has unfurled the coastline of Lake Michigan to make a “linear map”.