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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 class="moz-cite-prefix">On 20/12/2022 20:16, Marco Bernasocchi
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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"
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          .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">+1 thank you
          for the proposal, Nyall.<br>
          <br>
          Regards,<br>
          Anita<br>
          <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>
          <br>
          > 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>
          <br>
          > _______________________________________________<br>
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          --<br>
          Anita Graser<br>
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