https://video.osgeo.org/videos/watch/d39ecfa6-11bb-4762-bb6c-90dddf88de84 The process of drawing new political boundaries in representative democracies has generally been done with closed source software. However, a number of open source products are changing the way governments draw their jurisdictions. The QGIS Redistricting Plugin has been used to redistrict communities in the United States, Canada, and Australia, and other open source software such as DistrictR has been used to redistrict the United States in their previous cycle, significantly cutting the cost needed to participate in this activity and allowing individuals to make better contributions. At its core, the software is simple but powerful: it allows users to change attributes in an attribute column using selection tools and displays aggregate statistics for other selected columns. Join John Holden, the plugin's developer, and Blake Esselstyn, a geographic and political consultant, for a plugin demonstration and a discussion of how governments and citizen groups have transitioned to using open source software in this important political area. John Holden Blake Esselstyn https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-2022/talk/EDYALU/ #foss4g2022 #generaltrack #UsecasesAndapplications Mon, 01 Jun 2026 02:40:02 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.osgeo.org https://video.osgeo.org/lazy-static/avatars/de841c88-3a57-45ac-9eff-a00237356bfc.png https://video.osgeo.org/videos/watch/d39ecfa6-11bb-4762-bb6c-90dddf88de84 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.osgeo.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.