ArcGIS Pro

Hmm.

ESRI, the makers of ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online and other GIS tools, partnered for many years with the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation and still do partner with that foundation on the Half Earth Project, using ESRI's GIS technology and the concept of island biogeography to map species distributions and identify areas for conservation, with the ultimate goal of preserving biodiversity by protecting half of the Earth's land and sea.

E.O. Wilson, a renowned biologist, developed the concept for the Half-Earth Project based on his understanding of island biogeography, which states that if half the natural environment is preserved, a large percentage of species can be saved.

That's our thought leader for this episode, E.O. Wilson.

to establish a study area.

And then just on ArcGIS Pro, I created a grid that overlaid that.

Each cell was one square kilometer.

And I think in total, there are about 659 cells generated.

Mm-hmm.

So I always have, like, this slide before we even touch ArcGIS Pro.

I'm like, "This is how we take breaths.

You might crash ArcGIS Pro." [laughs]

[laughs]

It is okay.

Never.

The button might not be exactly where you expect it to be, you know? That kind of thing.