Hi Patrick, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I believe the OSGeo Board need to look into this and prepare a position paper with inputs from the community as this has wider implications. This also need to be discussed with like minded organisations. We all can provide the needed support for this.
Jeff and OSGeo Board - please add this to the next month Board meeting's agenda items. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith ________________________________________ From: ica-osgeo-labs-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [ica-osgeo-labs-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Lene Fischer [l...@ign.ku.dk] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 6:29 PM To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX); ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI +1 Lene Fischer Associate Professor Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management University of Copenhagen MOB +45 40115084 l...@ign.ku.dk<mailto:l...@ign.ku.dk> [cid:image001.gif@01D052C3.B23B1060] Fra: ica-osgeo-labs-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] På vegne af Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) Sendt: 27. februar 2015 18:48 Til: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org Emne: [Ica-osgeo-labs] The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI Dear OSGEO, For what our good name is worth. . . Do we have an opinion on something so essential as an open standard for a data format? Speak now, or forever hand over your wallet. Individual and collective response encouraged. Can OSGEO provide a short position paper commenting on our values? I.e., “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all [data] are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these [is Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Openness].” The LAS format, the ASPRS, and the “LAZ clone” by ESRI http://rapidlasso.com/2015/02/22/lidar-las-asprs-esri-and-the-laz-clone/ [First paragraph] We are concerned about ESRI’s next moves in forcing yet another proprietary format into wide-spread deployment. Forwarded emails, retold conversations, and personal experiences suggest that sneaky tactics<http://rapidlasso.com/2014/11/06/keeping-esri-honest/> are being used to disrupt the harmony in open LiDAR formats that we have enjoyed for many years. [cid:image002.jpg@01D052C3.B23B1060] Thanks much, -Patrick patrick.ho...@nasa.gov<mailto:patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> Project Manager NASA World Wind (650) 604-5656 (office) (650) 269-2788 (cell) This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
