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<p>Dear Suchith,<br>
<br>
I agree with you on the matter, that publishing a book in context
of United Nations initiative by esri is bad. I would also support
to offiicialy articulate this somehow. <br>
But the case you address was solved. As I understand, esri is no
longer considered as the publisher for the book?<br>
I also think, that there might be a big conflict of interest, if
esri publishes a UN SDG book. But intil that is proven by some
wrong doing from esri during the editing and publication process,
we are talking not about facts. And as far as I know they didn't
published an UN related book yet? Maybe ICA and Prof. Kraak
understood this problem, after you raised your concerns about this
issue last year. So, thank you very much for your caring about
this issue a year ago, and as it seems you already won the battle!<br>
<br>
What I see now, is at most a policy issue within ICA, that they
may need to open up the process for deciding for a publisher of a
book project, but I am not even sure about that, because they seem
to have already a policy for that case in place?<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Christian<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 24.07.2018 um 22:51 schrieb Suchith
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Thank you
for you mail and inputs. This letter is draft and I welcome
inputs from you and everyone to refine it.</span><span
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
fully agree with you that we just need more transparency in
science and also in the whole process of editing/reviewing
and publishing a book.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I am happy
to make the edits/changes needed that you suggested and I
will request your help on this. I have provided all
information that I have on this book project that I am aware
of. I just do not know the details (what was the process of
selecting the publisher, criteria etc).</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">If
you are able to get details on this and share with the
community, it will be very helpful. I did my best to get
more information on the publisher decision process etc . For</span><span
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">some
strange</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">reason,
there was no openness in the whole process which is the main
concern. So if there is no openness and transparency even in
this then how do you think we can expect transparency in
editing/reviewing process. I respectfully disagree with you
that any GIS vendor if they are also running their</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">publication
press, then they have no conflict of interest.</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">It is the duty
of scientific association to ensure there is transparency in
science. Even ICA’s publication policy for conference
proceedings</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">does
not mention any GIS vendor press . Why? Please see</span></p>
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<a
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id="LPlnk275245" class="OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">https://icaci.org/ica-publications-and-publication-policy-first-publication-volume-is-online/</span></a><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">All
scholarly publications (edited books, journals, conference
proceedings) should follow similar guidelines.</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">So
I am very confused why and how a GIS vendor press was
planned for this community book project.</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
highlighted the global problem of increase in low quality
submissions</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">and
it is not an ICA problem or any Vendor problem or any single
organisation problem.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0,
0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span
style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Hence
it is important that we are all very vigilant and take steps
to protect the integrity of independent peer review
frameworks</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">for
Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations. If any</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Scientific
Associations themselves are not open and transparent in
their decision making, then how can they</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">ensure
independent peer review frameworks</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">for
Scholarly publications!</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I want to
make it clear that I am not an author or coauthor on any
articles submitted to this book project. So I do not have
any personal conflict of interest in this. GeoForAll
colleagues contributed for this book project in good faith.
I did work to get GeoForAll colleagues to support and
contribute for this book project. So I have a moral
responsibility to make sure they are provided as much
information and updates on this.</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
have no issue if the GIS vendor publication press for this
community book was selected by an open, transparent process.</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I want us
to look at the future not focus on mistakes made in past .
Some mistakes have been made and I understand that this is
corrected. We are all human , so we all make mistakes So
let us not focus on past mistakes but look at ideas on how
we can strengthen the independent peer review frameworks
for Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations in the
future.</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I have
worked with many properitary</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">GIS
vendors and I have great respect for all of them and always
welcomed them.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
have raised my concern with some</span><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">open
source vendors also if I find any thing that undermines
openness.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:
11pt;"> </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;
color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">
</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">I
am the view that both open and properitary systems have an
important place and need to work together . We are all part
of a big ecosystem all working for Geo. I believe in
open discussions to help find better understanding. For
me, Openness means being open to different perspectives
,ideas, viewpoints, cultures and learning and improving to
be a better human every day...</span></p>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt;">Best
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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 Christian Willmes <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:c.willmes@uni-koeln.de"><c.willmes@uni-koeln.de></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 24 July 2018 17:43<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:geoforall@lists.osgeo.org">geoforall@lists.osgeo.org</a>; OSGeo Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Geo4All] Draft of Open Letter on the
importance to protecting independent peer review
frameworks for Scholarly publications of Scientific
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<p>Dear Suchith,<br>
<br>
I understand your point, and I also support your views on
this, but this is from my perspective a too
personal/particular issue, as to have it as an "OSGeo open
letter". Also, because this is more of an ICA and not so
much an OSGeo issue, I think.
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First, I would keep it more general. You address a
particular issue (UN SDG book published by esri), and also
some personal background (this should not matter to the
addressed subject). I would recommend you keep it from
being personal and denouncing proprietary GIS vendors. If
a company plays by the rules of science, there is nothing
wrong about that company publishing a scientific book.
I.e. almost all book publishers are commercial companies
with interests somehow and somewhere.<br>
<br>
You need to “attack” scientific “wrong doing” by that
particular company in conducting the editing and
publication of that book. Publishing books if done
correctly is not wrong, even by a vendor with vested
interests. But if you witness, for example, that
submissions using open source GIS solutions are
disadvantaged against the submissions using products of
the proprietary GIS vendor publishing the book, that would
be the point to raise and attack.<br>
<br>
Second, better write about how it should be done to avoid
this negative “Fake Science” things from happening. Here
the idea of Open Science and Reproducible Science is key,
i.e. the most openness and transparency possible. We just
need more transparency in science and also in the whole
process of editing/reviewing and publishing a book. And
this is where OSGeo can contribute. Basically, real
reproducible and open science is not possible without open
source software. If you can’t see how something is
implemented, you can not really reproduce the results.<br>
<br>
Third, if you accuse someone of “Fake Science” please make
sure to offer evidence about this particular misconduct.
If you fail to do so, you are creating “fake news”
yourself. Sorry, no offense at you personally, but I think
its not a good idea to publish this letter in OSGeo's or
GeoForAll's name. At least not with these accusations or
even notion of "Fake Science" in it.<br>
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<p>To be clear, I share your view that it is bad, if esri
would publish a book written by scientists in the context
of a United Nations initiative to maybe only advertise its
own product, but until any misconduct is proven, you can't
accuse esri or ICA of "Fake Science".</p>
<p><br>
Best regards,<br>
Christian<br>
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prepared a draft letter with my ideas/suggestions </span><span
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a volunteer and I feel sad that</span></span><span
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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through an open letter.</span><font face="Helvetica
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remain silent on this , I will be indirectly
supporting the degrading of </span></font><span
style="font-size:11pt;
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peer review frameworks for Scholarly publications
of Scientific Associations.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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fundamental duty of all Officers of Scientific
Associations/Organisations</span><span
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
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take steps to </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">guard and
protect independent peer review frameworks</span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations. I
am hopeful and confident that that they all will do
this for the future.</span><br>
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native English speaker, so please help refine this</span><span
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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correctly. I want us to look at the future not focus
on mistakes made in past . Some mistakes have been
made and I understand that this is corrected. We are
all human , so we all make mistakes</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. So let us
not focus on past mistakes but look at ideas on how
we can strengthen the independent peer review
frameworks</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations in
the future.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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International Cartographic Association (ICA) is my
organisation for which</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I have
volunteered for the last 15 years and continuing . I
have great respect for everyone in this great global
community . The SDG book is a community effort (not
any individual’s book project) . I have requested
from the start (as soon as I came to know) for
openness and transparency in decision making for
selecting the publisher. esp. as this book is on UN
SDG . I understand that ICA has now corrected the
mistake . Everyone makes mistakes and it takes
courage to acknowledge and correct the mistakes
.Compassion and forgiveness are important values .</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am
very grateful that ICA has listened to my concerns
and rectified this . So I don’t have any issues with
ICA or any colleagues in ICA. We might have
difference in opinions on some issues and having
free and open discussions is in my humble opinion
the best way to learn each others perspectives and
find best solutions to move forward.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Please send
any updates/modifications needed to the draft by
30th July 2018. I am on family holidays ( with no
internet ) in first week of August, so I will aim to
send this before I go on holidays.</span><br>
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<b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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Open Letter on the importance to protecting
independent peer review frameworks</span><span
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</span></b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;
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Scholarly publications of Scientific
Associations</span></b></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Scholarly
publications (edited books, journals etc) from
scientific associations</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">/</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">organisations
has</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">credibility
and reputation because of strong independent peer
review frameworks </span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. We are
very fortunate in the Geospatial domain to have many
reputed Scientific Associations and organisations
(ICA, IGU, ISPRS, IEEE-GRSS, IAG etc) who have over
many decades provided strong leadership in
advancement of geo science.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">In times of
fake news, science is usually one of those areas
that can give us orientation and we can rely on.</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Independent
peer review frameworks</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
Scholarly publications is among the foundations of
good science. However, this is</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">obviously at
risk now.
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">If a
professional association takes</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">agrees to
publish scholarly publications (edited books etc)</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">through a
GIS vendor’s press then there is potential issues
with independent peer review and ensuring scientific
quality. It is only natural that any GIS vendor
publication press to have vested interests in
promoting their products and</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">agenda. It
also makes it easy for the vendor to get endorsement
for their</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
style="font-size:11pt;
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from scientific and professional organisations
using this route. </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Independent
peer review is the fundamental aspect of science
and we need to ensure all steps to protect this.</span></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We are also
now seeing a very disturbing trend with</span><span
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">some vendors
even starting to trademark “ science” for
marketing/sales of their</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">products and
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">“science” is
being misused for vendor marketing/sales! . I have
raised this issue through an open letter [1] .</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Science is
not a commodity to be marketed or sold by any vendor
owners! I am very sad and disappointed to see this
degrading of science happening. Scientific
organisations should not endorse any specific vendor
products etc as “Science” and take strong moral
stand against</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">marketing of
products as “Science’ by any vendor owners!</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am a
volunteer for the ICA for the last 15 years and
always done my best in my small way to support ICA .
Around one year back, i</span><i><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">n the
light of the </span></i><a
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class="x_OWAAutoLink" previewremoved="true"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#e4af0a"><i><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">International
Map Year (IMY)</span></i></span></a><i><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">, the
</span></i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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International Cartographic Association (ICA) started
an excellent initiative
</span><i><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
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the value of cartography by “mapping” the
</span></i><a
href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/"
id="LPlnk307766" class="x_OWAAutoLink"
previewremoved="true" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:#e4af0a"><i><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">UN
sustainable development goals</span></i></span></a><i><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></i><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> Building
upon this, The ICA community started work on a book
on UN SDG Mapping</span><span
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font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">building
upon the posters of the various commissions on this
[2]. This is a great community initiative developed
with inputs from all colleagues in commissions of
the ICA. The Open Source Geospatial Commission
colleagues also contributed our inputs for this.
When the book project was announced, I did my best
to contact colleagues to contribute to this in good
faith. I didn’t have the faintest idea that it was
being planned to be published through a properitary
GIS vendor publication press! </span>
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">As soon as I
came to know about this, I did contact Menno -Jan
with my concerns and requested him that as this is a
community book project to please allow open
discussions and keep the community updated [3] . I
was very surprised that there was no open and
transparent discussions on selecting the book
publisher was done.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">From an
email from Anthony Robinson on 16th July 2018, I
understand now that ICA is not proceeding with the
vendor GIS publication press (Esri press)</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for the SDG
book and I welcome this. But it is</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">important</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">we need to
be learn lessons from this mistake and not repeat
this in future</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">. </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We are all
humans and make mistakes.</span></span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I fully
respect the right of individuals publishing their
personal work [1] in any publication house that they
wish. But as officers of Scientific Organisations,
esp. in times of some vendor owners
doing marketing/sales on “Science” , I request all
colleagues to be careful not to do anything that
will undermine independent peer review process.</span></p>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am
suggesting some initial ideas that we all can take
as a community to help reduce this problem in the
future</span></p>
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<li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
style="font-size:11pt;
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Scientific </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Associations
and organisations should </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">ensure
that there is full open and transparent
discussions allowed before choosing any
publishers of scholarly publications (Edited
Books etc). </span></span><br>
</li>
</ul>
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<li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">It is
important that GIS scientific
associations/organisations take strong moral stand
against taking sponsorship/royalty etc
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">for
scholarly publications from all GIS vendors .
Independent peer review system is the fundamental
aspect of science. So I am humbly requesting all
Scientific organisations to</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">not use
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">any GIS
vendor controlled press for publishing scholarly
outputs (edited books etc).</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">GIS
scientific organisations should not</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">tak</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">e</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> any
sponsorship or royalty for scholarly
publications (</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">books,
journals etc) from any GIS vendors . If a
scientific association takes</span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">agrees to
publish scholarly publications (edited books etc)</span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">
through the vendor’s press then there is
potential issues with independent peer review
and ensuring scientific quality. It is only
natural that any GIS vendor publication press to
have vested interests in promoting their
products and agenda. It also makes it easy for
the vendor to get endorsement for their
products from scientific and professional
organisations using this route. </span><span
style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Independent
peer review is the fundamental aspect of science
and we need to ensure all steps to protect this.</span></span><br>
</li>
</ul>
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<ul style="margin-bottom:0px; margin-top:0px">
<li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Officers
of Scientific Organisations and Editors of all GIS
journals </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">declare
any conflict of interest with any vendors
(funding/sponsorship/royalties etc received from
any GIS vendors currently or in the past) to
ensure transparency and good practices.They should
not support any vendors interest directly or
indirectly. Scientific organisations should not
endorse any specific vendor products etc as
“Science” and take strong moral stand against
marketing of products as “Science’ by any vendor
owners!</span><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am
concerned with the wider degradation of science and
education happening in different sectors. This is a
moral issue and needs all organisations globally in
science and education working together.</span></p>
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<span style=""><span style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">It is the
fundamental </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">duty of
all </span><span style="font-size:11pt;
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Officers
of Scientific Organisations</span></span><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
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</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);
font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;
font-size:11pt">to guard and protect independent
peer review frameworks</span><span
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</span><font face="Helvetica Neue"><span
style="font-size:11pt;
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Scholarly publications of Scientific Associations.
I am hopeful and confident that that they will do
this for the future.</span></font><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0); font-size:11pt;
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