<div dir="auto">also from my side a +1, <div dir="auto">i think it would also be important to mention what Andreas said, add a small paragraph about "lobbying" for open formats/Standards.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">thanks for all your work Nyall!<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Marco Bernasocchi<br><br>QGIS.org Chair<br>OSGeo.org Board member<br>OPENGIS.ch CEO</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 19:41 Anita Graser, <<a href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at">anitagraser@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1 thank you for the proposal, Nyall.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Anita<br>
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On Tuesday, 20. December 2022 01:10:47 (+01:00), Nyall Dawson wrote:<br>
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> Hi PSC.<br>
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> I'm seeking thoughts on whether the news feed can be used to promote a<br>
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> funding opportunity for developing an open driver for accessing raster<br>
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> data stored in ESRI Geodatabases.<br>
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> This is spurred by the recent discussion on the QGIS user list:<br>
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> <a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2022-December/052260.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2022-December/052260.html</a>,<br>
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> but has been an big pain point for a long time. These rasters are<br>
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> currently completely unreadable in QGIS, which presents a big risk for<br>
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> our users when situations arise (like in the linked thread) where data<br>
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> custodians are ONLY publishing official data in these formats.<br>
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> I've had many emails from users who have hit the same situation, and<br>
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> found it be a barrier to using open source software as a result.<br>
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> Unfortunately to date Even, myself, and a number of other motivated<br>
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> users have been unable to find a sponsor for development of the<br>
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> required GDAL driver. As a result I would like to advertise this<br>
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> opportunity via the news feed in the hopes that the wider exposure<br>
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> would lead us to a sponsor, and ultimately to be able to solve this<br>
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> data restriction once and for all...<br>
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> Is this acceptable? I can write (and post) the article if approved.<br>
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> Nyall<br>
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