For any other #FairfaxCounty parents annoyed trying to find classes in the inefficient FCPA catalog: I built a simple browsable static page that allows you to search and filter all classes everywhere at once. rudokemper.com/fairfax-FCPA... #Fairfax #NorthernVirginia

Conservation Metrics is hiring a Lead Data Platform Engineer to help shape the future of Guardian Connector! We're looking for someone who enjoys tackling hard architectural problems, making thoughtful technical trade-offs, and building systems that support Indigenous data sovereignty at scale. 🧵

Today's #DataPrivacyDay and a great opportunity to get back control over your personal data! Exporting your bookmarks/favorites from Google Maps can make a good start. Thanks to Rudo Kemper, you can convert your saved locations into a file import to CoMaps! rudokemper.com/google-maps-...

I had the opportunity to work on generating some stream data in #QGIS for a partner in the Ecuadorian Amazon today. I had forgotten how much fun it is to do remote sensing stuff 🙂

❤️ Have you shared your perspectives on the survey led by the GBIF #TaskGroup on Indigenous data governance? This week, task group chair @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social shared initial results of the survey at the Living Data, Living Lands event at #ClimateWeekNYC. 🔗gbif.link/Indigenous...

This is amazing. Do yourself a favor and check out this report from @awana.digital jam-packed with incredible community mapping impact stories and powerful visuals!

Awana Digital@awana.digital · last yr.

In honor of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we’re taking a look at the impact of our tool Mapeo. Since 2016, our partners have used it to collectively map and manage over 16.8 million hectares of community lands. Want to know more? Check out our report! bit.ly/4lZRBKN

Given ongoing FOSS governance concerns with #OrganicMaps, I modified my "Convert Google Maps saved places" tool to explicitly support @comaps.app instead: rudokemper.github.io/google-maps-...

Sharing this technical blog post about our use of the FOSS data orchestration engine Windmill to build and manage backend data workflows for Indigenous community organizations! www.windmill.dev/blog/conserv...

Windmill for Supporting Indigenous Communities - Conservation Metrics Case Study | Windmill

This is a testimonial from Rudo Kemper from Conservation Metrics about how Windmill has helped them build open-source software for indigenous communities, enabling automated data processing and critic...

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Delighted to announce a hiring opp at Conservation Metrics! Come join our team in building a FOSS data sovereignty platform for communities to securely centralize, access, and derive insights from their data, stored on premises which they own entirely. conservationmetrics.com/hiring-fulls...

Check out this great piece by Tanya Ruka and Victor Temprano about how and why @nativeland.bsky.social is centering Indigenous data sovereignty in the terms of service of our API! nativeland.substack.com/p/native-lan...

Native Land Digital API: Indigenous Data Sovereignty Treaty & Agreement - Important Update.

Kia ora koutou!

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GIS folks: is there a viable #QGIS plugin for freehand drawing features that will work in 3.x.x? It looks like "BeePen" is only good for annotations, and "Freehand Editing" was last updated 12 years ago. If not, would there be interest in one? #GISChat @qgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy

Amazon Mining Watch is now available with 2024 data, to detect and compare mining driven environmental harm across the Amazon. amazonminingwatch.org/en

A project I've been working on for the last 6 months. I feel really strongly about making geospatial technology and data available and understood by as many people as possible. And that requires getting creative with the ways we share information. This is my small contribution to that effort.

Development Seed@developmentseed.org · 2y ago

🚀 We made a zine! "𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱: 𝗔 𝗭𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘀" is our answer to the notion that Big Ideas are best shared through accessible, creative, and impactful formats. 🔗 ds.io/cloud-native... by @kiricarini.com & @gusbusdraws.bsky.social

What if you could ask a map a question—and get a real, reliable answer? We’ve been exploring how LLMs can make geospatial data more accessible by translating natural language into structured queries. But AI alone isn’t enough—trusted data sources and human oversight are key. 🔗 ds.io/language-in...

Language Interfaces for Maps — Development Seed

When maps understand what you mean, not just what you click

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Just in case you had missed this... By Friday, the landing pages on the United States Forest Service website for key resources, research and adaptation tools had gone dark, leaving behind an error message or just a single line: “You are not authorized to access this page.” 🌐🧪🌎

Trump orders USDA to take down websites referencing climate crisis

Forest service website among many sites affected as agencies scramble to comply with president’s orders

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Come work with me on some cutting-edge decentralised tech with real-world applications that is directly helping communities around the world protect biodiversity and fight deforestation.

Awana Digital@awana.digital · 2y ago

🌱We are looking for a Senior Backend Developer with at least 5 years experience to join our small, collaborative, remote team. 📢Are you interested in using your peer-to-peer skills to build tools for social and environmental justice? 👉Take a look: bit.ly/3OXiDDG

.🥳 Have you tried CoMapeo yet? We are excited for you to try our next-gen territorial monitoring & mapping tool, co-designed with #EarthDefenders. 🌱Download it and map your world, together. New features coming soon! 👉🏾Find it on the Playstore or visit comapeo.app

Check out this article about some great territorial defense work being done by the Krahô community with support by @luandro.bsky.social and @awana.digital in Brazil

Mongabay@mongabay.com · 2y ago

Indigenous women from Krahô communities in Brazil’s Tocantins state have formed a surveillance group to protect their ancestral territory from invaders. They plan and implement territorial protection actions based on Krahô traditions and ways of life. Read:

This short film explores how Indigenous communities are combining ancestral wisdom with cutting-edge technology to map and monitor their territories. From ancient traditions to modern tools, these approaches can help protect their biodiversity and heritage. @nature.org

Mapping and Monitoring in Indigenous Territories (English)

YouTube video by LifeMosaic

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New publication alert! Check out our paper on the “Governance of Indigenous data in open Earth systems science” co- led by myself and Dr. Katie Jones. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science - Nature Communications

Using the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) as an example, this perspective discusses actions that recognize the sovereign rights of Indigenous Peoples and support better research across ...

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I make a thingy that holds community stuff, keeps it safe, and goes “hey, look!” if something weird happens.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2y ago

I try to get people to stop breaking the Earth.

Today, I got this email: "Congratulations on the successful approval by the ICA Executive Committee of your proposed new working group on #ParticipatoryMapping " Let's start the fun/work on #PGIS #PPGIS #Pmaping # participation begin! Want to join? DM me! @oliverescobar.bsky.social

⚠️ Nerdy post ahead When I was young, one of my favorite PC game series was Ultima by @richardgarriott.bsky.social. I loved the world-building and philosophical aspects, and I actually learned a lot of English from playing them. And then there were the maps; both in-game, and these physical copies.

The PMTiles MapLibre GL JS plugin supports now tile pyramids with multiple maxzooms. That's nice when you want to put for example z14 data for Switzerland and z8 data for the rest of the world into one .pmtiles file. Thanks @bdon.org for working on this... github.com/protomaps/PM...

js: maplibre protocol has option to throw on missing tile [#321] by bdon · Pull Request #505 · protomaps/PMTiles

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This methodology for social mapping from UCL is a really interesting case study in meeting people where they are in terms of tech they use daily. Should we be worried about storing potentially sensitive place data on Meta servers, though? tinyurl.com/ucl-kapta

Is this the first-ever WhatsApp Map?

Researchers from the UCL Department of Geography introduce WhatsApp Maps, a pioneering approach that empowers communities to actively contribute to mapping through trusted digital networks.

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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! Captions in alt text.

Where the bsky Rights of Nature people at? Had this posted on the other site, but the Rappahannock Tribe of VA has became the first tribal nation in the US to adopt a Tribal Constitution that recognizes the constitutional rights of nature. nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/...

Rappahannock Tribal Constitution Recognizes the Rights of the Rappahannock River

In a historic tribal-wide vote, the Rappahannock Tribe in Virginia has become the first tribal nation in the U.S. to adopt a Tribal Constitution that recognizes the constitutional rights of nature.

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I created a #StarterPack for folks who work with technology in conservation and ecology. This is not an exhaustive list so please let me know if I forgot anyone or if you would like to be included! I am excited for this community to grow here! @wildlabsnet.bsky.social go.bsky.app/8HJvopG

Honored to have spent a week recently at #COP16 in Cali, Colombia with my co-conspirators, technical collaborators, and good friends from @awana.digital. The week before, we established integration between #CoMapeo and #GuardianConnector.

Proud to have a few of my photos from collaborations with CIPDP Chepkitale (Ogiek) in Mount Elgon, Kenya featured in this top-notch report by #ForestPeoplesProgramme! Congratulations to all involved.

Oxford Biology@biology.ox.ac.uk · 2y ago

🚨 A major new report on conservation and human rights was launched yesterday at COP16 by @iccs.bsky.social and Forest Peoples Programme The report outlines a rights-based approach to conservation 👇 bit.ly/3YHgPEl