Planning with real-world data: How Alejandra Macarena Tomietto planned Buenos Aires' next generation of infrastructure with Google Earth

Alejandra Macarena Tomietto is an urban planner, infrastructure strategist, and architect based in Washington DC who has spent more than 15 years helping governments plan the future of cities. Her work brings together urban planning, infrastructure strategy, GIS, and human-centered design to help cities make smarter, more sustainable decisions about growth. When she joined a team tasked with analyzing how the Buenos Aires metropolitan area would evolve and to plan essential infrastructure like water and sanitation, she hit a wall: the official zoning maps she was given were outdated, and lacke