Tim Walz really, really likes maps. He had his students build maps of the contemporary world using different layers of data that scholars believed could factor into modern-day genocides. “They started looking at food insecurity, potential drought, just like the UN was doing around famine early warning,” Walz said. But overall, Walz tends to speak rapturously about the power of good maps to bring about social change. It’s exciting.”As an ESRI executive put it while introducing Walz to the crowd of GIS enthusiasts and map nerds: “He’s one of us.”

Source: New York Times August 07, 2024 06:10 UTC