I’ve used these global crop and land-use data many times, as they are excellent data sets by Foley et al (2011) and Monfreda et al. (2008). But this visualization in the form of an ESRI story map gives the data new life and power. An excellent and thought-provoking presentation, which is made all the better with its interactive qualities.
I will have to explore such a presentation for conveying the results of spatial ABMs.