[Liblas-devel] libLAS/libPC -- looking for funding, sponsorship

[Eli Adam]

This is more about list administration than anything else.  

I didn't get my message so I logged into mailman to make sure that I had it set to receive my own messages.  That was indeed the case.  Then I checked the archives and see your response but not my message.

http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/liblas-devel/2011-April/thread.html 

Why did my email not go to the list?  I successfully post to various other OSGeo email lists from this email.  

Thanks, Eli



>>> On 4/7/2011 at 9:01 AM, in message
<00b301cbf53d$0f5ec3b0$2e1c4b10$@flaxen.com>, "Michael P. Gerlek"
<mpg at flaxen.com> wrote:
> Speaking only for myself here, I definitely want libPC to become a "real"
> OSGeo project, but I don't think we're quite ready yet.
> 
> Of course, if the OSGeo connection was required for a near-term funding
> opportunity, I'd support that.
> 
> -mpg
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Eli Adam [mailto:EAdam at co.lincoln.or.us] 
>> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 8:52 AM
>> To: mpg at flaxen.com; liblas-devel at lists.osgeo.org 
>> Subject: Re: [Liblas-devel] libLAS/libPC -- looking for funding,
> sponsorship
>> 
>> Any chance of being able to support libLAS/libPC through OSGeo?
>> 
>> There are a handful of projects that can be supported through OSGeo here,
>> http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities 
>> 
>> Eli
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> >>> On 4/7/2011 at 8:24 AM, in message
>> <00a401cbf537$ec99cd20$c5cd6760$@flaxen.com>, "Michael P. Gerlek"
>> <mpg at flaxen.com> wrote:
>> > Do you use libLAS in your products, or would you if it had some
>> > additional features you need?  If so, please read on.
>> >
>> >
>> > libLAS has been a success, but the world of point cloud support for
>> > geospatial applications goes well beyond just reading and writing the
>> > LAS format -- we want support for other formats, spatial index
>> > integration, a suite of core command line tools, database integration,
>> > and so on.  To that end, as some of you may have already heard, the
>> > lasLAS team has begun work on "version 2" of libLAS, known as libPC.
> The
>> project goals are:
>> >
>> > 1. libPC is a library which provides APIs for reading, writing, and
>> >    processing point cloud data of various formats.  Additionally, some
>> >    command line tools are provided.  As GDAL is to 2D pixels, libPC is
> to
>> >    multidimensional points.
>> >
>> > 2. From a market perspective, libPC is "version 2" of libLAS.  The
> actual
>> >    code base will be different, however, and the APIs will not be
>> >    compatible.
>> >
>> > 3. The libPC implementation has high performance, yet the API remains
>> >    flexible.  We recognize that these two goals will conflict at times
> and
>> >    will weigh the tradeoffs pragmatically.
>> >
>> > 4. The architecture of a libPC-based workflow will be a pipeline of
>> >    connected stages, each stage being either a data source (such as a
> file
>> >    reader), a filter (such as a point thinner), or data sink (such as a
>> >    file writer).
>> >
>> > 5. The libPC library will be in C++, but will also include a C API and
> will
>> >    have SWIG bindings for languages like Python and C#. libPC will
> support
>> >    multiple platforms, specifically Windows, Linux, and Mac.
>> >
>> > 6. libPC is open source and is released under a BSD license.
>> >
>> >
>> > In part with funding from a generous US govt sponsor (not sure if I
>> > should name them, sorry), libPC development is already well underway.
>> >
>> > However, more development needs to happen before it can reach parity
>> > with libLAS and start to go into production mode.  To do this, of
>> > course, your material support is needed.
>> >
>> > If you use libLAS today in your world -- or if you would like to, if
>> > only it had some missing feature -- please consider helping to fund the
>> libLAS team.
>> > This can be done in a variety of ways:
>> >
>> >   - "buy" open development time to further the core libPC work
>> >   - "sponsor" the team to implement a particular feature you need
>> >   - loan a member of your own development staff to the team for a
>> > specific task
>> >
>> > Please contact me (mpg at flaxen.com) if you're interested in supporting
>> > open source software.
>> >
>> > -mpg
>> >
>> >
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