QGIS and Debian: Making Geospatial Data Accessible Through Free Software

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Shows how QGIS from Debian repositories, together with GDAL, PostGIS and the Debian GIS Blend, is being used in Brazilian environmental education and local sustainability projects—including a teacher training program in Amparo where students learn to generate and interpret environmental and territorial data. Covers practical applications (impact studies, municipal interactive maps, climate data analysis), community contribution pathways, and advanced workflows like PyQGIS scripting, plugin use, and PostgreSQL/PostGIS integration, plus the speaker’s experiences packaging and maintaining GIS tools within Debian.

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