[Board] Please review: Open Letter asking to avoid format fragmentation in LiDAR standards

[Jeff McKenna]

That would be good Maxi, as my concern is getting community feedback 
before the Board reviews such a request.

Has this letter been sent yet to the general OSGeo community for review? 
  (the Discuss list) I think it is great that the Standards group 
reviewed it, maybe now it is ready for the general OSGeo community.


-jeff



On 2015-04-20 6:18 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> Thare are interesting discussions running on the italian chapter list.
> It would be nice if someone could wrap-up a short summary of interesting
> points.
>
> I could do it in the next days if none is available.
>
> Maxi
>
> 2015-04-20 10:30 GMT+02:00 Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com
> <mailto:jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>>:
>
>     I'm fine with that
>
>     pá 17. 4. 2015 v 8:56 odesílatel Bart van den Eijnden
>     <bartvde at osgis.nl <mailto:bartvde at osgis.nl>> napsal:
>
>         Hello board,
>
>         do people still need time to comment on the letter or can we
>         call for a motion on this?
>
>         Best regards,
>         Bart
>
>>         On 16 Apr 2015, at 13:52, Cameron Shorter
>>         <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>
>>         wrote:
>>
>>         Hi OSGeo Board,
>>
>>         I request the board support an OSGeo Community developed Open
>>         Letter aimed at protecting open LiDAR standards.
>>         http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter
>>
>>         Proposal 1: The OSGeo Board agree to include the following
>>         statement (or similar wording) into the letter:
>>
>>         = Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board =
>>
>>         The board of the [http://osgeo.org <http://osgeo.org/> Open
>>         Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this
>>         letter to the OGC, ESRI and ASPRS. The letter highlights
>>         concerns about fragmentation in LiDAR standards from many
>>         people within the OSGeo community. As always, if there is
>>         anything the OSGeo board can do to help, then please let us know.
>>
>>         Signed: <OSGeo Board Members>
>>
>>         Proposal 2:
>>         Once the letter has completed the signature phase, the letter
>>         be emailed from the OSGeo President to key people within these
>>         organisations:
>>
>>         Mark Reichardt <mreichardt AT opengeospatial.org
>>         <http://opengeospatial.org>>, OSGeo President
>>         David Danko <DDanko AT esri.com <http://esri.com>>, ESRI's
>>         Senior Consultant for GIS Standards
>>         Stephen D. DeGloria < sdd4 AT cornell.edu
>>         <http://cornell.edu>>, President of the ASPRS
>>
>>
>>         On 11/04/2015 12:14 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>         Hi all,
>>>         A number of us have been collaboratively developing an Open
>>>         Letter asking key stakeholders to avoid fragmentation in
>>>         LiDAR standards.
>>>
>>>         It starts:
>>>         /We, the undersigned, are concerned that the current
>>>         interoperability between LiDAR applications, through use of
>>>         the open "LAS" format, is being threatened by ESRI's
>>>         introduction and promotion of an alternative "Optimized LAS"
>>>         proprietary format. This is of concern since the
>>>         fragmentation of the LAS format will lead to reduced
>>>         interoperability between applications and organisations, and
>>>         introduce vendor lock-in./
>>>
>>>         Could all interested please:
>>>         1. Review and provide feedback to this standards email list
>>>         2. If you agree with the letter, please add your name to the
>>>         "Signed" section
>>>
>>>         --
>>>         Cameron Shorter,
>>>         Software and Data Solutions Manager
>>>         LISAsoft
>>>         Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
>>>         26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009
>>>
>>>         P +61 2 9009 5000,  Wwww.lisasoft.com  <http://www.lisasoft.com/>,  F +61 2 9009 5099
>>