Kate Sebastian ([email protected]) is a consultant with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, and the project manager of the eAtlas initiative. She has worked in the field of geographic information systems and agriculture research for a number of organizations including IFPRI, the US Agency for International Development, the World Bank, the HarvestChoice team, and the CGIAR Consortium. Her focus is on mapping and spatial analyses of data related to agricultural land use, poverty, and food security.