This book and companion website explores the geographic approach—a way of solving problems using spatial analysis to perceive and understand patterns ranging from wildlife migration and rising seas to urban planning and food production. site 
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An inspirational vision of the geographic approach. "As governor, the ability to use what I knew about mapping and the visual display of data to convey complex issues, to affect change amongst people, is really important." Found the video motivating, but anticipate that the Power of Where book and website from Esri may provide more examples of applying geographic information systems to communicate progress against complex problems. Uniting One Minnesota: We're All on the Map. Keynote from the 2024 Esri User Conference. Tim Waltz, Governor of Minnesota. youtube