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As Bart mentioned,<br>
* After initially being written, the letter was sent to OSGeo
standards list, asking for review.<br>
* Suchith sent to OGC TC-Discuss list for review, and ESRI
responded.<br>
* After ~ 1 week for review, the letter was forwarded to OSGeo
discuss and a few others, asking for signatures (we have ~ 70
signatures, growing every day)<br>
* As per this email thread below, I've asked OSGeo board's approval
to officially present this letter.<br>
* Today I've had inquiries from mass media. I've asked them to hold
off on breaking the story until the board gives approval to
officially present the letter, which will add extra weight to the
letter. They didn't publish today, but may publish in 12 to 48
hours. (Media organisations have a strong desire to be the first to
publish).<br>
<br>
So now the board has had time to consider, can you please all vote
on following 2 proposals:<br>
<br>
I request the board support an OSGeo Community developed Open<br
class="">
Letter aimed at protecting open LiDAR standards.<br class="">
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter" class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter</a><br
class="">
<br class="">
Proposal 1: The OSGeo Board agree to include the following<br
class="">
statement (or similar wording) into the letter:<br class="">
<br class="">
= Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board =<br class="">
<br class="">
The board of the [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://osgeo.org" class="">http://osgeo.org</a> <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://osgeo.org/" class="">http://osgeo.org/</a>>
Open<br class="">
Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this<br
class="">
letter to the OGC, ESRI and ASPRS. The letter highlights<br
class="">
concerns about fragmentation in LiDAR standards from many<br
class="">
people within the OSGeo community. As always, if there is<br
class="">
anything the OSGeo board can do to help, then please let us
know.<br class="">
<br class="">
Signed: <OSGeo Board Members><br class="">
<br class="">
Proposal 2:<br class="">
Once the letter has completed the signature phase, the letter<br
class="">
be emailed from the OSGeo President to key people within
these<br class="">
organisations:<br class="">
<br class="">
Mark Reichardt <mreichardt AT <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://opengeospatial.org" class="">opengeospatial.org</a><br
class="">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://opengeospatial.org" class="">http://opengeospatial.org</a>>>,
OSGeo President<br class="">
David Danko <DDanko AT <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://esri.com" class="">esri.com</a> <<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://esri.com" class="">http://esri.com</a>>>,
ESRI's<br class="">
Senior Consultant for GIS Standards<br class="">
Stephen D. DeGloria < sdd4 AT <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cornell.edu" class="">cornell.edu</a><br class="">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://cornell.edu"
class="">http://cornell.edu</a>>>, President of the ASPRS<br
class="">
<br class="">
<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/04/2015 10:50 pm, Bart van den
Eijnden wrote:<br>
</div>
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type="cite">
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Jeff,
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<div class="">this was sent to discuss 1 week ago [1]. It has also
been sent to the OGC TC-Discuss list where Esri has even
responded.</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">[1]</div>
<div class=""><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-April/014137.html"
class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-April/014137.html</a></div>
<div class=""><br class="">
</div>
<div class="">Best regards,</div>
<div class="">Bart</div>
<div class=""><br class="">
<div>
<blockquote type="cite" class="">
<div class="">On 20 Apr 2015, at 14:44, Jeff McKenna <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" class="">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
<br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
<div class="">That would be good Maxi, as my concern is
getting community feedback before the Board reviews such a
request.<br class="">
<br class="">
Has this letter been sent yet to the general OSGeo
community for review? (the Discuss list) I think it is
great that the Standards group reviewed it, maybe now it
is ready for the general OSGeo community.<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
-jeff<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
On 2015-04-20 6:18 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:<br
class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">Thare are interesting
discussions running on the italian chapter list.<br
class="">
It would be nice if someone could wrap-up a short
summary of interesting<br class="">
points.<br class="">
<br class="">
I could do it in the next days if none is available.<br
class="">
<br class="">
Maxi<br class="">
<br class="">
2015-04-20 10:30 GMT+02:00 Jachym Cepicky <<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jachym.cepicky@gmail.com" class="">jachym.cepicky@gmail.com</a><br
class="">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:jachym.cepicky@gmail.com" class="">mailto:jachym.cepicky@gmail.com</a>>>:<br
class="">
<br class="">
I'm fine with that<br class="">
<br class="">
pá 17. 4. 2015 v 8:56 odesílatel Bart van den Eijnden<br
class="">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bartvde@osgis.nl" class="">bartvde@osgis.nl</a>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:bartvde@osgis.nl" class="">mailto:bartvde@osgis.nl</a>>>
napsal:<br class="">
<br class="">
Hello board,<br class="">
<br class="">
do people still need time to comment on the
letter or can we<br class="">
call for a motion on this?<br class="">
<br class="">
Best regards,<br class="">
Bart<br class="">
<br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class=""> On 16 Apr 2015,
at 13:52, Cameron Shorter<br class="">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" class="">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" class="">mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>>><br
class="">
wrote:<br class="">
<br class="">
Hi OSGeo Board,<br class="">
<br class="">
I request the board support an OSGeo Community
developed Open<br class="">
Letter aimed at protecting open LiDAR
standards.<br class="">
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter"
class="">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter</a><br
class="">
<br class="">
Proposal 1: The OSGeo Board agree to include
the following<br class="">
statement (or similar wording) into the letter:<br
class="">
<br class="">
= Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board =<br
class="">
<br class="">
The board of the [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://osgeo.org" class="">http://osgeo.org</a>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://osgeo.org/"
class="">http://osgeo.org/</a>> Open<br class="">
Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is
presenting this<br class="">
letter to the OGC, ESRI and ASPRS. The letter
highlights<br class="">
concerns about fragmentation in LiDAR standards
from many<br class="">
people within the OSGeo community. As always,
if there is<br class="">
anything the OSGeo board can do to help, then
please let us know.<br class="">
<br class="">
Signed: <OSGeo Board Members><br class="">
<br class="">
Proposal 2:<br class="">
Once the letter has completed the signature
phase, the letter<br class="">
be emailed from the OSGeo President to key
people within these<br class="">
organisations:<br class="">
<br class="">
Mark Reichardt <mreichardt AT <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://opengeospatial.org" class="">opengeospatial.org</a><br
class="">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://opengeospatial.org" class="">http://opengeospatial.org</a>>>,
OSGeo President<br class="">
David Danko <DDanko AT <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://esri.com"
class="">esri.com</a> <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://esri.com" class="">http://esri.com</a>>>,
ESRI's<br class="">
Senior Consultant for GIS Standards<br class="">
Stephen D. DeGloria < sdd4 AT <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://cornell.edu"
class="">cornell.edu</a><br class="">
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://cornell.edu" class="">http://cornell.edu</a>>>,
President of the ASPRS<br class="">
<br class="">
<br class="">
On 11/04/2015 12:14 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br
class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class=""> Hi all,<br
class="">
A number of us have been collaboratively
developing an Open<br class="">
Letter asking key stakeholders to avoid
fragmentation in<br class="">
LiDAR standards.<br class="">
<br class="">
It starts:<br class="">
/We, the undersigned, are concerned that the
current<br class="">
interoperability between LiDAR applications,
through use of<br class="">
the open "LAS" format, is being threatened by
ESRI's<br class="">
introduction and promotion of an alternative
"Optimized LAS"<br class="">
proprietary format. This is of concern since
the<br class="">
fragmentation of the LAS format will lead to
reduced<br class="">
interoperability between applications and
organisations, and<br class="">
introduce vendor lock-in./<br class="">
<br class="">
Could all interested please:<br class="">
1. Review and provide feedback to this
standards email list<br class="">
2. If you agree with the letter, please add
your name to the<br class="">
"Signed" section<br class="">
<br class="">
--<br class="">
Cameron Shorter,<br class="">
Software and Data Solutions Manager<br
class="">
LISAsoft<br class="">
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,<br class="">
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009<br
class="">
<br class="">
P +61 2 9009 5000, <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://Wwww.lisasoft.com" class="">Wwww.lisasoft.com</a>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.lisasoft.com/" class="">http://www.lisasoft.com/</a>>,
F +61 2 9009 5099<br class="">
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Cameron Shorter,
Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
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