KJZZ Interview: Hub Director Talks About Complexities of Mapping the Desert

Published April 19, 2023

As the Sonoran desert and biotic communities of the American southwest begin to bud with warming weather, KJZZ radio reached out to Director Matthew Toro in a recent episode of Saguaro Land (March 29, 2023).

Magnified portion of the 1980 Biotic Communities of the Southwest map, featuring the legend and the Baja Peninsula region.
Magnified portion of the 1980 Biotic Communities of the Southwest map, featuring the legend and the Baja Peninsula region. 

Listen to Matthew Toro and The Show’s host, Mark Brodie, discuss how cartography captures the cultural, societal, and environmental characteristics of the Sonoran Desert.


Be sure to visit the Map and Geospatial Hub’s ASUGeodata webpage to explore the interactive web mapping application of the 1980 Biotic Communities of the Southwest map, which includes vivid colors, detailed mapping, and environmental information of the American Southwest