Reposted by John Bryant
A conversation with @johnwbryant.bsky.social made me realize how #QGIS plays a somewhat underappreciated role in all of our work supporting Indigenous communities in participatory mapping. So I'd like to shout out QGIS for being an amazing FOSS tool that we benefit from daily!
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![QGIS used by the Ogiek of Mount Elgon in Kenya.
"Using two forms of technology (one very new and the other very old) to validate the spatial data collected using Mapeo — a computer mouse and a stick (here wielded by Richard Kiara). [Photo credit: Rudo Kemper]"
Source: https://terralingua.org/langscape_articles/the-wealth-of-our-lands-celebrating-boititap-korenyo-with-the-ogiek-of-mount-elgon-kenya/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7r6axz7ik7xi3kzqn2sjp5sx/bafkreibfk2q7sftujjbimurxbbqhwzcllrvqf5xj3xgvra3ip6xatxiluq)
![GIS used by the Maasai of Ngorongoro in Tanzania.
"'We have been fighting for so long but we haven't used the right tools to help us achieve what we want, it's about time that we can use these kinds of tools to help us for our benefit and future generations. We now have the tool Mapeo to mark our land of Ngorongoro' testimony by Mapeo training participant. [Photo credit: María Alvarez Malvido]"
Source: https://awana.digital/blog/ngorongoro-is-not-replaceable-the-maasai-community-mapping-in-the-face-of-forced-evictions-and-fortress-conservation-policies](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7r6axz7ik7xi3kzqn2sjp5sx/bafkreifiajpi23l73zc4xpjcbd2zt2vcliuimplezeriltplrffihavyi4)
