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

[Marco Bernasocchi]

also from my side a +1,
i think it would also be important to mention what Andreas said, add a
small paragraph about "lobbying" for open formats/Standards.

thanks for all your work Nyall!

Marco Bernasocchi

QGIS.org Chair
OSGeo.org Board member
OPENGIS.ch CEO

On Tue, 20 Dec 2022, 19:41 Anita Graser, <anitagraser at gmx.at> wrote:

> +1 thank you for the proposal, Nyall.
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> Regards,
> Anita
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> On Tuesday, 20. December 2022 01:10:47 (+01:00), Nyall Dawson wrote:
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> > Hi PSC.
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> > I'm seeking thoughts on whether the news feed can be used to promote a
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> > funding opportunity for developing an open driver for accessing raster
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> > data stored in ESRI Geodatabases.
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> > This is spurred by the recent discussion on the QGIS user list:
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> > https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-user/2022-December/052260.html,
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> > but has been an big pain point for a long time. These rasters are
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> > currently completely unreadable in QGIS, which presents a big risk for
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> > our users when situations arise (like in the linked thread) where data
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> > custodians are ONLY publishing official data in these formats.
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> > I've had many emails from users who have hit the same situation, and
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> > found it be a barrier to using open source software as a result.
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> > Unfortunately to date Even, myself, and a number of other motivated
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> > users have been unable to find a sponsor for development of the
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> > required GDAL driver. As a result I would like to advertise this
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> > opportunity via the news feed in the hopes that the wider exposure
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> > would lead us to a sponsor, and ultimately to be able to solve this
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> > data restriction once and for all...
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> > Is this acceptable? I can write (and post) the article if approved.
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> >
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> > Nyall
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