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

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Jeff,

this was sent to discuss 1 week ago [1]. It has also been sent to the OGC TC-Discuss list where Esri has even responded.

[1]
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-April/014137.html <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-April/014137.html>

Best regards,
Bart

> On 20 Apr 2015, at 14:44, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>> 
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