Tim Wallace is a modern-day cartographer. In other words, he spends his days creating maps. To prepare for that career, Wallace earned a PhD in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. While earning his degree, Wallace worked at The New York Times, where he created thousands of maps on a wide variety of topics. These included the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Houston in 2017; the territory controlled by terrorist group ISIS; and the results of elections. He recently started a new job as geographer and visual journalist at Descartes Labs, a company that collects data from different sources to help people and businesses better understand the planet.
COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU DO AT DESCARTES LABS?
We apply artificial intelligence techniques to identify and monitor things on the ground to get a better sense of what the future holds. For example, we might map tree canopy in a city against things like power lines or bugs or diseases that kill trees in order to help that city manage their trees and parks better.
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WHAT SPARKED YOUR INTEREST IN MAPPING?
Nearly every professional cartographer will tell you “I’ve always loved maps!” or “I was the kid with the accordion-folded map collection in the back of the station wagon.” And, frankly, it’s probably true for all of them, including me.
I always loved maps, and I was also quite good at spatial stuff growing up. My year-long grade in Geometry in high school, for example was 99 percent. (I did not do as well in English.)
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Who's Your Cousin?
The great apes are among the most popular animals in most zoos. Their actions, facial expressions, and family life remind us so much of ourselves. Have you ever wondered, though, how we might look to them?
Is it possible to die of boredom?
To figure out if we can die of boredom, we first have to understand what boredom is. For help, we called James Danckert, a psychologist who studies boredom at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
THE PROBLEM WITH PALM OIL
Palm oil is all around you. Itâs in sugary snacks like cookies and candy bars. Itâs in lipstick and shampoo and pet food.
SERGE WICH
Serge Wichâs favorite days at work are spent out in the forest, studying orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo or chimpanzees in Tanzania.
ELODIE FREYMANN
When youâre feeling sick, it probably doesnât occur to you to try eating tree bark.
Guardians of the Forest
EARLY, MAKESHIFT WILDLIFE DRONES HELPED TO DETECT AND PROTECT ORANGUTANS.
APE ANTICS
The Whirling World of primate play
Dr. Ape Will See You Now
HUMANS ARENâT THE ONLYÂ PRIMATES THAT USE MEDICATION.
THE LEFT OVERS
A lot has happened for modern humans to get to this point. We lost most of our hair, learned how to make tools, established civilizations, sent a person to the Moon, and invented artificial intelligence. Whew! With all of these changes, our bodies have changed, too. Itâs only taken us about six million years.
SO, WHAT IS A PRIMATE?
What do you have in common with the aye-aye, sifaka, siamang, and potto? If you said your collarbone, you re probably a primatologistâa person who studies primates. If youâre not, read on.