Patrick, others,
OSGeo and related OGC communities have been successful previously in
stopping ESRI's inappropriate creation of OGC standards. See here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API
I'd suggest that if we as OSGeo wish to be effective at blocking a
vendor lock-in tactic, as seems to be the case, then we should consider
developing a similar wiki page for the LAS format debate.
0. Write an open letter (who to? OGC?)
1. Describe the issue. (Is there someone who knows the issues well
enough to describe them?)
2. Describe technically why one format is or is not better than the
other, on both a technical and commercial point of view.
3. Is the Open LIDAR format an OGC standard?
4. If needed, collect signatures.
5. If needed, ask OSGeo Board to present the open letter
On 28/02/2015 11:18 am, P Kishor wrote:
Thanks Patrick for surfacing this. Yes, this should be opened up for
scrutiny by the entire community and we should all weigh in.
On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Suchith Anand
<suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk
<mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> wrote:
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
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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.
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Thanks much,
-Patrick
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