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

[Anita Graser]

+1 thank you for the proposal, Nyall.

Regards,
Anita


On Tuesday, 20. December 2022 01:10:47 (+01:00), 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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