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<p>Suthith,</p>
<p>I am confused by the content of this email thread, and concerned
that there have been public allegations of misconduct, without
specific examples, or specific calls to action specifying how
specific parties should change to address this. I feel that such
allegations which have potential commercial impacts should not be
made lightly and need backing information.<br>
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<p>It is unclear to me whether someone is acting legitimately
according to business principles of their company, or if people
are breaking contracts they set up, or acting in "bad faith". <br>
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<p>Suthith, as I know you, I believe you are acting in good faith to
address a moral issue by putting the spotlight on questionable
behavior. If you wish to address issues like this, then I feel
your concerns should to be expressed more clearly and
specifically, which would likely mean naming specific actions that
you disagree with and probably naming organisations involved. You
might want to consider writing an Open Letter, as we have
successfully done before [1] [2]. (Note: this is very time
consuming).<br>
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<p>[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API</a><br>
[2] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17/7/18 4:21 am, Suchith Anand
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear Anthony,</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">These are two separate
issues but it highlights the problems we are facing in
science and education</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">today.</span><span
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am a humble ICA
volunteer and I am working for the last 15 years building
ICA in my small way. My issue is not at all with ICA , it is
just the way this whole SDG book is handled from the start.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I have great respect for
Menno-Jan. I personally emailed colleagues for supporting
the SDG book in good faith. Thank you for informing me that
SDG book is not now going to be published through GIS vendor
controlled press. I would have greatly appreciated a mail
from Menno-Jan informing this . I am disappointed with the
lack of openness and transparency in this whole issue. If I
have not raised this issue so strongly, then Menno-Jan would
have got it published through vendor controlled press as he
planned . This is actually what is happening if we are
silent.
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I have highlighted some
issues</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">that made me
concerned</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">of the</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">degrading of science
that is happening including now with some vendors starting
using “science” for marketing/sales of their products.</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am</span><span
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">hoping that you will
also be taking a strong stand on this.</span><span
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I have no problem with any
organisation taking sponsorship for conferences as there are
clear guidelines for what is expected. For example, as a
conference sponsor in exchange they get exhibition space,
logo in conference website etc.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">But I have concern if any
office bearers of any professional organisations , academic
journals, editors have conflict of interest with any vendors
(open or properitery). In my humble opinion, It is good
practice to declare any conflict of interest. </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As you rightly said “Virtually
everyone involved in editing/reviewing a journal today is
seeing stuff like that” but what are we</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">doing to stop this?
We cannot ignore this. I am happy to see some very good
journal editors like the ICA colleague who emailed me
informing the issue asking advice. He could have easily
ignored it . So I greatly respect him for his courage and
conscience.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We are all human and people
make mistakes but it is important that we learn from them. I
thank you for your mail and sharing your valuable ideas and
inputs with the community.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best wishes,</span></p>
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GeoForAll <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org"><geoforall-bounces@lists.osgeo.org></a> on
behalf of Anthony Robinson <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:acr181@psu.edu"><acr181@psu.edu></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 16 July 2018 15:44<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:geoforall@lists.osgeo.org">geoforall@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geo4All] Open request for updates on
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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color:#1F497D">You are making many assumptions and
strange connections in your message. Did you try
reaching out to Menno-Jan directly, rather than via
this mailing list? It’s strange to call people out via
a mailing list and act as though they owe you a
response. That’s not a particularly friendly way to
start a conversation.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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color:#1F497D">I share Christian’s concern that you
are appearing to conflate fake articles in predatory
journals to the ICA’s interest in an SDG-related
publication. Such things are happening across the
scientific spectrum today and have nothing in
particular to do with the ICA or its interest in
creating an SDG publication. Virtually everyone
involved in editing/reviewing a journal today is
seeing stuff like that. It’s a problem for sure, but I
don’t understand why you are aiming this issue at the
ICA in particular.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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color:#1F497D">I am an ICA Commission chair and to my
knowledge the SDG publication is no longer under
consideration as an Esri Press item, so I recommend
you relax a little on that front.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D">Re: sponsorship and the like, just as
every other conference does, the ICA publishes its
list of financial sponsors for the biannual
conference. That’s the whole idea of sponsorship,
after all – to gain visibility in association with an
organization/meeting.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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color:#1F497D">Anthony C. Robinson, PhD<br>
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography<br>
Director for Online Geospatial Education, John A.
Dutton e-Education Institute<br>
Assistant Director, GeoVISTA Center<br>
The Pennsylvania State University<br>
sites.psu.edu/arobinson/</span><span
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suchith Anand<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 16, 2018 6:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Christian Willmes
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:c.willmes@uni-koeln.de"><c.willmes@uni-koeln.de></a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:geoforall@lists.osgeo.org">geoforall@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geo4All] Open request for
updates on SDG book</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
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color:black">Dear Christian,</span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
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<p style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
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color:black">No, the SDG book is a different issue
. I had requested many times to Menno-Jan to please
have free and open discussions on this .But
unfortunately my requests were not successful and I
have not got any information even one year later.</span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;
color:black">In spite of all concerns raised by
volunteer colleagues, I really do not understand
the motivations for publishing the SDG book only
through vendor publication!</span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
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color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;
color:black">“Fake Science” , “Factory produced
articles” etc are recent phenomena that the geo
community needs to be aware of and take steps to
prevent. I have requested the ICA colleague who
emailed me for advice on 29th June 2018 to send an
open letter to the community, so colleagues are
aware of this. I really hope he will not bow to any
pressures and do send an open letter with details to
the wider community.</span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
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<p style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;
color:black">In the email I received , it was just
the overview that his journal are receiving lot
of submissions from a country that are very
similar -“ poorly written, poor map design – to the
point that they seem written in a factory” . They
were all using one proprietary GIS software and
deal with some aspect of physical geography. He
asked for my advice.</span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
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<p style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;
color:black"> I am very grateful to the ICA
colleague who emailed me and informed this issue.
I don’t know the details of the papers but I am
also interested to see the examples of atleast some
of these papers (may be as editor of journal he can
provide these by removing the author details ). I
do hope he will send an open letter to the community
with the summary of how many articles they are
receiving which are problem. It will help us to get
an idea of the scale of the problem.</span><span
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<p style="min-height:14px"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
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<p style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;
color:black">It is very sad to see this degrading of
science happening. As Educators and Scientists , I
believe we cannot sit silently. There will be lot of
pressure from vested interests , but I
am requesting all colleagues to not bow to any
pressures. Thank you.</span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
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<p style=""><span style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;
color:black">Best wishes,</span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> 16 July 2018 09:54<br>
<b>To:</b> <a
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geoforall@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geo4All] Open request for
updates on SDG book</span><span
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<p style="background:white"><span
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color:black">Dear Suchith,</span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
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<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black">regarding this "Fake Science"
thing. Is this in any way connected to the book
initiative you addressed in the first two
paragraphs?</span></p>
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color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black">Anyway, I would be quite interested
in seeing such a "factory produced fake science"
article? Can you maybe point to an example?</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span
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color:black">Thanks and best regards,<br>
Christian</span></p>
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14.07.2018 um 16:13 schrieb Suchith Anand:</span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
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Neue",serif; color:black">Dear
Menno-Jan,</span><span
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<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">It is now
over one year and I have not heard any
updates on the SDG book [1] . As far as I
am aware, there was no emails received in
the GeoforAll lists on this till now. Please
correct me if I am wrong.</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">As you are
aware, I have personally requested
colleagues in the open source Geo community
to support the ICA SDG book initiative and
they have contributed to this book project
in good faith, so I request you to kindly
keep them informed. I thank you for your
kind understanding.</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">We are now
seeing a very disturbing trend with some
vendors even starting to trademark “
science” for marketing/sales of their
products and “science” is being misused
for vendor marketing/sales! . I have raised
this issue through an open letter [2] . The
good news is that now everyone knows it is
just marketing/sales gimmicks of vendor .
Science is not owned by any vendors.</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black">But two weeks back, I received
a email query from a respectable and senior
ICA
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">colleague
that made me very concerned. He is one of
the editors of a GIS journal . They are
receiving lot of submissions from a
country that are very similar</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">-“ poorly
written, poor map design – to the point that
they seem written in a factory” . They were
all using one proprietary GIS</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black"> software </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">and deal with
some aspect of physical geography. </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">He asked
for my advice.</span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black">I thanked him for sharing this
information and though I do not know the
background or details of the papers or
authors, I am also very concerned to hear
about this . It is really sad to see the
state of affairs in GIS . I requested </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">him to take
strong action against any “factory produced”
science and reject them.
</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black"> I am concerned in </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">the rapid
increase in “Fake Science” . I requested
him to inform this to the wider community
through an open letter .</span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black">But this is not the solution as
if one journal rejects these “factory
produced
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">science”,
then these kind of papers will be
submitted to other journals. I won’t be
surprised if in future some vendors even
start their own journals with their own
editorial boards ! What will then happen
to the credibility of peer review and
scientific quality. </span><span
style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:black"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">I think it
is important that editors of all GIS
journals and leadership of all GIS
Professional bodies like ICA declare any
conflict of interest with any vendors
(funding/sponsorship/gifts received from
any software vendors currently or in the
past) to ensure transparency and good
practices. </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">I am just
a ICA volunteer . I am hoping that you will
take principled leadership and action
against “Fake Science” , “Factory produced
science” and any unethical practices in GIS
that is affecting Science and Education from
any vendors (open or proprietary) . </span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">I thank you
for the work on SDG book and looking
forward to hear updates. </span><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"></span></p>
<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
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Neue",serif; color:#454545"> </span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica
Neue",serif; color:black">Best wishes,</span><span
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<p style="background:white; min-height:14px"><span
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<p style="background:white"><span
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