That was an insane time! We were in the Blue Mountains at the peak of it, we had the car packed and ready to evacuate on 2 separate occasions.
John Bryant
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Open source geospatial enthusiast consulting and training with QGIS, PostGIS, and other tech. Principal consultant at mammothgeospatial.com Canadian 🇨🇦, Australian 🇦🇺. Based in Fremantle.
![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)
