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<p>And +1 for me too! <br>
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<p>Thanks a lot Nyall<br>
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<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>
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<div dir="auto">thanks for all your work Nyall!<br>
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<div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">Marco
Bernasocchi<br>
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QGIS.org Chair<br>
OSGeo.org Board member<br>
OPENGIS.ch CEO</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 19:41
Anita Graser, <<a href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">anitagraser@gmx.at</a>>
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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>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> I'm seeking thoughts on whether the news feed can be used
to promote a<br>
<br>
> funding opportunity for developing an open driver for
accessing raster<br>
<br>
> data stored in ESRI Geodatabases.<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> This is spurred by the recent discussion on the QGIS user
list:<br>
<br>
> <a
href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2022-December/052260.html"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">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>
<br>
> currently completely unreadable in QGIS, which presents a
big risk for<br>
<br>
> our users when situations arise (like in the linked
thread) where data<br>
<br>
> custodians are ONLY publishing official data in these
formats.<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> I've had many emails from users who have hit the same
situation, and<br>
<br>
> found it be a barrier to using open source software as a
result.<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> Unfortunately to date Even, myself, and a number of other
motivated<br>
<br>
> users have been unable to find a sponsor for development
of the<br>
<br>
> required GDAL driver. As a result I would like to
advertise this<br>
<br>
> opportunity via the news feed in the hopes that the wider
exposure<br>
<br>
> would lead us to a sponsor, and ultimately to be able to
solve this<br>
<br>
> data restriction once and for all...<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> Is this acceptable? I can write (and post) the article if
approved.<br>
<br>
><br>
<br>
> Nyall<br>
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