[Qgis-psc] Advertising Raster FileGeodatabase GDAL work via news feed?

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

Yep good idea, I've tried to help somebody too who recently, who had this 'closed source' data format from an 'Open Data' site :-(

But also to foster better options: do we, as OpenSource community and OPEN data lovers, have a viable/good alternative?
Would that be normal raster geopackages then?
Or is Esri still not able to write those?
As: we can also encourage all QGIS users to sent an email to xxx at dpipwe.tas.gov.au to use an open(/the other) format :-)

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde

On 12/20/22 01:10, Nyall Dawson wrote:
> Hi PSC.
> 
> I'm seeking thoughts on whether the news feed can be used to promote a
> funding opportunity for developing an open driver for accessing raster
> data stored in ESRI Geodatabases.
> 
> This is spurred by the recent discussion on the QGIS user list:
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2022-December/052260.html,
> but has been an big pain point for a long time. These rasters are
> currently completely unreadable in QGIS, which presents a big risk for
> our users when situations arise (like in the linked thread) where data
> custodians are ONLY publishing official data in these formats.
> 
> I've had many emails from users who have hit the same situation, and
> found it be a barrier to using open source software as a result.
> 
> Unfortunately to date Even, myself, and a number of other motivated
> users have been unable to find a sponsor for development of the
> required GDAL driver. As a result I would like to advertise this
> opportunity via the news feed in the hopes that the wider exposure
> would lead us to a sponsor, and ultimately to be able to solve this
> data restriction once and for all...
> 
> Is this acceptable? I can write (and post) the article if approved.
> 
> Nyall
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