The OGC is trying to be easier to get involved with, you can look up the "community standards" here and see what you think.
Sigh: I just tried and could not find it ... -- Jody Garnett On 18 October 2015 at 03:53, Munich Orientation Convention < [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Cameron, > > > > thank you for the kind support. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the stages > for innovations are: > > > > First they ignore you, > > then they laugh at you, > > then they fight you. > > Then you win. > > > > OGC didn’t reach the second stage. > > From my side, I’m open for any proposals in favor of the consumer, e. g. > 50% of the humankind who think to be unable to read maps > www.volksnav.de/YouAreHere. > > > > Henrique > > > > > > > > *Von:* Cameron Shorter [mailto:[email protected]] > *Gesendet:* Sonntag, 18. Oktober 2015 11:29 > *An:* Munich Orientation Convention; [email protected] > *Cc:* [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Scott > Simmons > *Betreff:* Re: [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard > > > > Hi Henrique, > I suspect that you would be better served to develop a standard under the > umbrella of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). > The OGC is specifically set up to develop spatial standards, where as > OSGeo has a focus on Open Source geospatial software (which typically makes > use of OGC standards). > > Have you reached out to the OGC community yet? If not, I suggest getting > in touch with them. I've CCed Scott Simmons from the OGC, who is also on > this list. > > Warm regards, > Cameron > > On 18/10/2015 7:30 pm, Munich Orientation Convention wrote: > > > > Hello Jeff, > > > > I'm deeply grateful that I've been invited to propose to this discussion > forum the possibility to let the Munich Orientation Convention be an OSGeo > standard. > > > > So Burundian authorities could discover and prove the benefits of the > system. They have already effectuated the creation of the VolksNav S.a > www.volksnav.bi which will now be the local provider of better > orientation tools. VolksNav S.a will also produce maps with clock based > search grids and plans to reproduce all introduced systems in other African > countries. Investors are already knocking on the door. > > > > The dominoes will fall from there, the Convention will be a de-facto > standard and OSGeo will have no relevance within this process. > > > > I'd like to return the favor in 2016 as a sponsor. Would this be possible > or are there restrictions on that? > > > > Henrique > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Standards mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/standards > > > > -- > > Cameron Shorter, > > Software and Data Solutions Manager > > LISAsoft > > Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf, > > 26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009 > > > > P +61 2 9009 5000, W www.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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