[Board] Open Letter to ASPRS, Esri and OGC related to fragmentation of the LiDAR Open Format

[Suchith Anand]

Dear Mark,

Thank your for your reply and i would like to appreciate OGC's efforts for scheduling Point Cloud ad hoc meeting as part of next TC meetings in Boulder on 1st June to follow up on this. We also thank you for providing opportunity for OSGeo members to participate in this (esp. the arrangement of remote access facilty is very helpful).

I will encourage OSGeo members interested in this topic and willing to contribute ideas to participate in the meeting and future developments to be in direct contact with Scott Simmons.

Best wishes,

Suchith


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From: Mark Reichardt [mreichardt at opengeospatial.org]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 5:18 PM
To: board at lists.osgeo.org; Suchith Anand
Cc: ssimmons at opengeospatial.org
Subject: RE: Open Letter to ASPRS, Esri and OGC related to fragmentation of the LiDAR Open Format

Dear Members of the OSGeo Board, Dr Anand:

Thank you for your letter on behalf of the open source community highlighting need for interoperability in LIDAR standards.  In recent months there has been a growing interest from the OGC membership and the global geospatial community in the  interoperability of point cloud data, including LIDAR. As result, the OGC scheduled a Point Cloud ad hoc meeting on this topic as part of our upcoming Technical Committee meetings in Boulder, Colorado, USA.  The meeting will occur on 1 June from 1300-1445 Mountain / 1900-2045 UTC, and is open to the public. We hope that this meeting will result in a chartered working group in short order. An initial agenda for this meeting is posted at:  https://portal.opengeospatial.org/files/?artifact_id=63241, and additional detail on the Boulder TC meeting is available at:  http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1506tc.   Remote access to the meeting will be provided.

To ensure broad community representation and effective exchange of ideas, we strongly encourage interested members of the OSGeo to participate in the upcoming OGC Point Cloud ad hoc meeting for technical discussion on LIDAR and other related point cloud standards interoperability interests. This process is guided by OGC’s consensus process, which help to ensure an environment of mutual respect and trust in which technical ideas for interoperability can be exchanged freely and fairly.  We understand that representatives from the ASPRS will also participating in the meeting as part of our ongoing partnership with this organization.

Some time ago, a Memorandum of Understanding was formalized between OSGeo and the OGC with a goal of improving  communication and coordination between our organizations.  In the spirit of this agreement, we look forward to further developing our working relationship to address geospatial interoperability opportunities and challenges.

The OGC staff contact for the Point Cloud ad hoc meeting is Scott Simmons, Executive Director for the OGC Standards Program ssimmons at opengeospatial.org<mailto:ssimmons at opengeospatial.org>. Please contact him directly for further information on the meeting.

Sincerely,
Mark

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