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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Fra:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]
<b>På vegne af </b>Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)<br>
<b>Sendt:</b> 27. februar 2015 18:48<br>
<b>Til:</b> ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b>Emne:</b> [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear OSGEO,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For what our good name is worth. . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Do we have an opinion on something so essential as an open standard for a data format?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Speak now, or forever hand over your wallet. Individual and collective response encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Can OSGEO provide a short position paper commenting on our values? I.e., “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all [data] are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these [is Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Openness].”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/">http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[First paragraph]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are concerned about ESRI’s next moves in forcing yet another proprietary format into wide-spread deployment. Forwarded emails, retold conversations, and personal experiences suggest that
<a href="http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/">sneaky tactics</a> are being used to disrupt the harmony in open LiDAR formats that we have enjoyed for many years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks much,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-Patrick<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov">Patrick.Hogan@nasa.gov</a>
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