[OSGeo-Discuss] Open LiDAR being discussed at OGC Technical Committee Meeting

[Jeff McKenna]

For the record Scott asked me for a representative of OSGeo to speak at 
the table and I of course recommended Martin.  I feel it is very 
important to get everyone at the table together and to talk (I've seen 
strong words on all sides in e-mails and blogs flying back and forth for 
months now, almost daily including today even, and none of that is any 
good for anyone).

This is a great step for standards.  As mpg rightly said recently, baby 
steps.


-jeff



On 2015-05-29 7:28 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Following on from the OSGeo Open Letter on the Need for Open Standards
> in LiDAR [1], Martin Isenburg has been invited to give a 10 minute
> presentation as part of the Point Cloud discussion at the next OGC
> Technical Committee Meeting, 3pm EDT, this Monday 1 June [2], in Boulder
> Colorado USA. It is possible to participate in this meeting via
> goto-meeting and phone, although I'm not sure about capacity. Scott
> Simmons (CCed) from the OGC has details.
>
> I've seen Martin's slides. They are excellent. They clearly articulate
> the problem, and provide a clear and simple 5 step solution.
>
> Martin, your slides, in combination with any actions, feedback, or
> comments that come from this meeting will be very news worthy. I suggest
> that you publish these slides, or alternatively convert them to a blog
> post or similar, and publish soon after the meeting.
>
> We should also approach news agencies as we did before and invite them
> to write up this story. Telling this story will help the greater
> community understand how to promote and select Open LiDAR standards.
>
> Martin, I'm sure I speak for the OSGeo community and 140 people who
> signed your letter in wishing you all the best in your presentation on
> Monday.
>
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter
> [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900
>
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