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

[Jeff McKenna]

Likely this is another lovely cross-posting that screws up my local 
e-mail client, so I missed the Discuss list post.  sorry!

(Sometimes I feel I'm the last person to follow the no-cross-posting 
rule ha)

carry on :)

-jeff



On 2015-04-20 9:50 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> 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
>
> Best regards,
> Bart
>
>> On 20 Apr 2015, at 14:44, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>> <mailto: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>
>>> <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>
>>> <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>
>>>> <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>
>>>>        <http://opengeospatial.org>>, OSGeo President
>>>>        David Danko <DDanko AT esri.com <http://esri.com>
>>>> <http://esri.com>>, ESRI's
>>>>        Senior Consultant for GIS Standards
>>>>        Stephen D. DeGloria < sdd4 AT cornell.edu <http://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://Wwww.lisasoft.com>  <http://www.lisasoft.com/>,  F +61 2
>>>>> 9009 5099
>>>>
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