Climate change is creating uncertainty. Decisions on everything from trip planning, given unusual and extreme weather patterns, to how to reduce personal carbon emissions, are complex. Just consider choices around how people travel. Biking is a sustainable, yet requires decisions about safe routes. Electric vehicles have fewer emissions than gas vehicles, but require planning around charging stations.
Since maps are representations of patterns across space, they can be infused with AI to map likely futures. Beyond weather prediction, maps of the future can help predict biodiversity loss, species migration given climate change, or communities susceptible to sea level rise, and are being used at a broader scale to set policies that can help protect species and communities.The next phase of AI-infused maps will help people design desired futures.