Lego Map of Michigan and the Great Lakes

3D Model

Each Fundamental Lego Unit is 20km in real life. The topographic data that are used to define and color each grid cell is based on the area’s mean elevation from the NOAA ETOPO1 Global Relief Model and lake and land areas are defined using the proportion of elevation that is above/below lake level. Don’t look at the bottom of the bricks unless you want to be disappointed by the simplicity of the model…