How a Conservationist Turned 40 Terabytes of Data into a Video Game

The Conservationist Who Turned 40 Terabytes of Public Data into a Video Game

As a conservationist, I struggled to visualize massive datasets from NASA and government sources to protect nature reserves. Using exe.dev, I built an app to track global conservation efforts and processed 40 terabytes of Austrian LIDAR data. I even created a settlers-style game to make this critical environmental data accessible, proving that nature conservation can now leverage the same powerful tools as big industry.

"Think about oil exploration. Those people have huge budgets for their analysis. Nature conservation doesn't have that. So it's a nice moment to use that as leverage and say, actually, we now have the same tools."