I've no problem people discussing this - just them expecting to influence
decision makers :-)


Ian

On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 1:43 PM Pericles Nacionales <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I would have thought discussions like this is perfect for this list. It is
> of general interest and it reaches a lot more people. I'd say discuss away.
>
> -Perry
> On Jul 30, 2015 11:28 AM, "Dan Ames" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Fascinating discussion, though I agree with David that is belongs on the
>> Standards Committee mailing list. Thanks for the enlightening info though!
>> - Dan
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:12 AM Steve Swazee <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Ian Turton [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:40 AM
>>> *To:* Swazee, Steve <[email protected]>
>>> *Cc:* OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Munich Orientation Convention, Mapcodes,
>>> and All the Rest
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Now that I have your attention, I believe you and the rest of the OSGeo
>>> community would be well served by spending some time truly learning about
>>> this issue.  In so doing, I’m sure the open minds among you will come to
>>> the conclusion that USNG/MGRS is the answer to the issue I am addressing.
>>> OSGeo could do the world a heap of good in doing so.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Fascinating as this discussion is  I can't help wondering if you (as a
>>> group) are confused as to what OSGeo does? - we write software and if you
>>> publish a standard there is a fair chance we will write some code to
>>> integrate that code into our software, especially if there is user demand.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So I expect you are preaching to the wrong people - either we care or we
>>> don't but most of us have no power to change the world.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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