<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Many thanks Martin,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’m glad that you found the process worthwhile.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kind regards,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Bruce</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 3 Jun 2019, at 08:31, Martin Isenburg <<a href="mailto:martin.isenburg@gmail.com">martin.isenburg@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I do not think I need to renew my membership again, but I would like to keep it active until July 7th.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 24th I will participate in the OGC TC meeting in Leuven, Belgium to present the final state of the native extension to the new LAS 1.4 point types of the open source LiDAR point cloud compressor LASzip and that may conclude by Point Cloud Domain working group activities within the OGC. The idealistic objective - to avoid the fragmenting of compressed LiDAR point data into an established open standard (LAZ) and into a proprietary closed clone (zLAS by ESRI) - by bringing the main players into a dialogue within the OGC framework was not accomplished as the party with the proprietary format never participated in an open technical dialogue. The pragmatic objective - to avoid said fragmentation - was mainly achieved through intense stigmatization of the proprietary clone and through education about its disadvantage over open formats to the point where most large LiDAR data tenders and distribution portals guideline are explicitly requesting or permitting the delivery or distribution of LiDAR point clouds exclusively in open formats such as LAS / LAZ / ASCII.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Martin</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:05 AM Bruce Bannerman <<a href="mailto:bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com">bruce.bannerman.osgeo@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi Martin,<br>
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I note that your OGC Membership slot is up for renewal.<br>
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Can you please let me know if you’d like to renew it?<br>
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Also can you please provide a brief update on what you have been doing with your membership and the benefits that your participation has been contributing to yourself, OGC and OSGeo.<br>
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Kind regards,<br>
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Bruce<br>
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