[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines
Colleagues, These good practice guidelines shared by various European governments will be of interest https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/open_standards_ict/og_page/best-practices-library Esp. the action plan for the use of Open Standards and Open Source Software in the public and semi-public sector from Ministry of Economic Affairs , Netherlands is of interest as they were one of the first ones to do this at national level (back in 2007!) so they are pioneers. Details at https://www.ictu.nl/archief/noiv.nl/service/english/index.html I would also like to thank everyone who supported our Open Letter for the need for Open Standards in LiDAR http://www.osgeo.org/node/1518 Your support for this has been key for the positive developments now in action http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter Best wishes, Suchith 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
[OSGeo-Discuss] Co-editors needed for Geo for All Newsletters
Hi all, As we are growing rapidly with lot of activities, it has become difficult to keep track of all developments, so Dr. Nikos Lambrinos (Associate Professor, Dept. of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) has put forward an excellent idea for starting a Geo for All newsletter, so we all can get summary monthly updates . Newsletter will be a good benifit to the community. Nikos has also kindly volunteered to the the Chief Editor of our newsletter. We now need 3 volunteer co- editors to be part of this team with Nikos (ideally from different continients). So please let Nikos (Email: labri...@eled.auth.gr ) know if you are interested. In fact, all our email archives are available publically at http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/ so it just need someone with some editorial skills to bring together key items and publish as a newsletter for the community. I am sure once we start, we can build upon this with feedbacks/inputs from others, use the same template for monthly newsletters etc. Just need a lead editor and good team in place for this. The Newsletter aims to have the following: * Summary of the month highlighting various activities in the network * Will have a section on Lab of the month where the editor/sub editors will contact one of the labs in our network to work with them to put together an article on thier work and developments, key people etc. * Sections on various events, conferences, webinars, courses, training programs etc at the various labs * Section on any key research publications published by any of our labs * Section on funding opportunities, bids etc that our members are working on * Section on new free and open software, books, articles, etc. * Section on scholarships for students and exchange programs for students and staff in our network. * Any other ideas/proposals So please come forward if you can help with this. Thanks. Best wishes, Suchith 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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines
First of all: I'm being proud to see The Netherlands being mentioned in such a positive way regarding open standards. A small addendum: In the years before and after 2007 the Action Plan has created a lot of awareness regarding the use of open standards in the (semi-)public sector. However, the step from awareness to real results proved to been a tough one. In the monitoring results of 2014 it became clear that the use of open standards still isn't a regular requirement in tenders, and that there are no nationwide concrete goals regarding the use of open source software in the public and semi-public sector For that reason, on april 13th this year the Dutch parliament approved a resolution in which the Government is asked: 1. to assure that by the end of 2015 the use of open standards becomes is common practice in tenders 2. to investigate how vendor lock-in can be avoided 3. to include open source as a regular choice in tenders This resolution is a spin-off of the parliamentary inquiry regarding the failures in ICT-projects in the Dutch public sector (estimation: an annual loss of 1-5 billion euros). Bottom line: a action plan is a good step forward, but the serious implementation of bot open standards and open source also requires a bottom-up approach. Hey folks, thats we're we all come in! Kind regards, Gert-Jan van der Weijden Chair of the Dutch local chapter OSGeo.nl -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Suchith Anand Verzonden: vrijdag 29 mei 2015 10:23 Aan: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Onderwerp: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines Colleagues, These good practice guidelines shared by various European governments will be of interest https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/open_standards_ict/og_page/best-practi ces-library Esp. the action plan for the use of Open Standards and Open Source Software in the public and semi-public sector from Ministry of Economic Affairs , Netherlands is of interest as they were one of the first ones to do this at national level (back in 2007!) so they are pioneers. Details at https://www.ictu.nl/archief/noiv.nl/service/english/index.html I would also like to thank everyone who supported our Open Letter for the need for Open Standards in LiDAR http://www.osgeo.org/node/1518 Your support for this has been key for the positive developments now in action http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter Best wishes, Suchith 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines
Thank you Gert-Jan van der Weijden for these updates from the Netherlands. As with any new action plan and policy it will take some time to get this fully implemented but the good news is it is happening (though not as fast as we wish) and as more and more governments realise the economic benifits this will accelerate. As you rightly pointed, this that it is also the responsibility of all of us to bring this to the attention of decision makers worldwide. I was pleased to see this good practice examples put in one site by the EC as it helps governments to share ideas and learn best practices from each other. Best wishes, Suchith From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl [gert-...@osgeo.nl] Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 10:39 AM To: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines First of all: I'm being proud to see The Netherlands being mentioned in such a positive way regarding open standards. A small addendum: In the years before and after 2007 the Action Plan has created a lot of awareness regarding the use of open standards in the (semi-)public sector. However, the step from awareness to real results proved to been a tough one. In the monitoring results of 2014 it became clear that the use of open standards still isn't a regular requirement in tenders, and that there are no nationwide concrete goals regarding the use of open source software in the public and semi-public sector For that reason, on april 13th this year the Dutch parliament approved a resolution in which the Government is asked: 1. to assure that by the end of 2015 the use of open standards becomes is common practice in tenders 2. to investigate how vendor lock-in can be avoided 3. to include open source as a regular choice in tenders This resolution is a spin-off of the parliamentary inquiry regarding the failures in ICT-projects in the Dutch public sector (estimation: an annual loss of 1-5 billion euros). Bottom line: a action plan is a good step forward, but the serious implementation of bot open standards and open source also requires a bottom-up approach. Hey folks, thats we're we all come in! Kind regards, Gert-Jan van der Weijden Chair of the Dutch local chapter OSGeo.nl -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] Namens Suchith Anand Verzonden: vrijdag 29 mei 2015 10:23 Aan: ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists.osgeo.org Onderwerp: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Standards - Good Practice guidelines Colleagues, These good practice guidelines shared by various European governments will be of interest https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/open_standards_ict/og_page/best-practi ces-library Esp. the action plan for the use of Open Standards and Open Source Software in the public and semi-public sector from Ministry of Economic Affairs , Netherlands is of interest as they were one of the first ones to do this at national level (back in 2007!) so they are pioneers. Details at https://www.ictu.nl/archief/noiv.nl/service/english/index.html I would also like to thank everyone who supported our Open Letter for the need for Open Standards in LiDAR http://www.osgeo.org/node/1518 Your support for this has been key for the positive developments now in action http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter Best wishes, Suchith 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 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss 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
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open LiDAR being discussed at OGC Technical Committee Meeting
Punk, Martin, I suggest that Martin's slides, or a summary of the slides, maybe in blog format, be distributed after the meeting. I'm hoping the geospatial media will pick up this story too. (If you know someone from the geospatial media who would like to write up this story then please suggest they contact either Martin or myself to ensure you are provided with material soon after the OGC meeting). Kind regards, Cameron On 30/05/2015 8:54 am, Martin Isenburg wrote: Hi, I don't think my slides are that great. I wish I could have had more time to prepare them. Without me talking on top of them they are not tgat useful / effective. Please do not distribute them widely (to those not attending the meeting) ... Martin On May 29, 2015 11:32 PM, punk.k...@gmail.com mailto:punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: Can we all see Martin's slides please? — Puneet Kishor On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: Following on from the OSGeo Open Letter on the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR [1], Martin Isenburg has been invited to give a 10 minute presentation as part of the Point Cloud discussion at the next OGC Technical Committee Meeting, 3pm EDT, this Monday 1 June [2], in Boulder Colorado USA. It is possible to participate in this meeting via goto-meeting and phone, although I'm not sure about capacity. Scott Simmons (CCed) from the OGC has details. I've seen Martin's slides. They are excellent. They clearly articulate the problem, and provide a clear and simple 5 step solution. Martin, your slides, in combination with any actions, feedback, or comments that come from this meeting will be very news worthy. I suggest that you publish these slides, or alternatively convert them to a blog post or similar, and publish soon after the meeting. We should also approach news agencies as we did before and invite them to write up this story. Telling this story will help the greater community understand how to promote and select Open LiDAR standards. Martin, I'm sure I speak for the OSGeo community and 140 people who signed your letter in wishing you all the best in your presentation on Monday. [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900 -- 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 tel:%2B61%202%209009%205000, Wwww.lisasoft.com http://www.lisasoft.com, F+61 2 9009 5099 tel:%2B61%202%209009%205099 -- 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 Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] spatial-science good-practice exemplars?
Does OSGeo or related group keep any list(s) of organizations or projects recognized for doing spatial science particularly well/openly? Why I ask: I recently saw a Nature Physics commentary[1] claiming that ''[one] of the first scientists to recognize the need for reproducibility in computational science was the geophysicist Jon Claerbout. As early as 1990, he set a goal of reproducibility for all the (non-open-access) reports coming out of his Stanford Exploration Project[2], identifying reproducibility as 'a way of organizing computational research that allows both the author and the reader of a publication to verify the reported results'[3].'' I was reminded of the above when seeing this recent thread: Suchith Anand Fri May 29 01:23:19 PDT 2015 [4] These good practice guidelines shared by various European governments will be of interest Gert-Jan van der Weijden Fri May 29 02:39:19 PDT 2015 [5] the step from awareness to real results [has proved to be] a tough one. You may recall that membership in a set can be defined intensionally (stating membership conditions) or extensionally (listing members); extensive definitions can be further partitioned into enumerative[6] and ostensive[7]. Intensive definitions of complex phenomena (like spatial-science good-practice, SSGP) can be difficult, and a full enumeration of SSGP projects is probably (hopefully :-) even less feasible. But an ostensive/exemplary definition of SSGP should be both feasible and useful. TIA, Tom Roche tom_ro...@pobox.com [1]: http://go.nature.com/FMw34h [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Exploration_Project [3]: http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v11/n5/pdf/nphys3313.pdf (unfortunately it does not seem to have a DOI) [4]: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-May/014267.html [5]: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-May/014268.html [6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerative_definition [7]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostensive_definition ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open LiDAR being discussed at OGC Technical Committee Meeting
Dear OSGeo members, Per Cameron’s message below, we have a limited number of GoTo Meeting connections, so if you wish to join the meeting, please register at this link and the GoTo Meeting details will be forwarded to you. https://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/register/1506pointcloud.php https://portal.opengeospatial.org/public_ogc/register/1506pointcloud.php Thanks and Regards, Scott Scott Simmons Executive Director, Standards Program Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) tel +1 970 682 1922 mob +1 970 214 9467 ssimm...@opengeospatial.org mailto:ssimm...@opengeospatial.org The OGC: Making Location Count… www.opengeospatial.org http://www.opengeospatial.org/ On May 29, 2015, at 4:28 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: Following on from the OSGeo Open Letter on the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR [1], Martin Isenburg has been invited to give a 10 minute presentation as part of the Point Cloud discussion at the next OGC Technical Committee Meeting, 3pm EDT, this Monday 1 June [2], in Boulder Colorado USA. It is possible to participate in this meeting via goto-meeting and phone, although I'm not sure about capacity. Scott Simmons (CCed) from the OGC has details. I've seen Martin's slides. They are excellent. They clearly articulate the problem, and provide a clear and simple 5 step solution. Martin, your slides, in combination with any actions, feedback, or comments that come from this meeting will be very news worthy. I suggest that you publish these slides, or alternatively convert them to a blog post or similar, and publish soon after the meeting. We should also approach news agencies as we did before and invite them to write up this story. Telling this story will help the greater community understand how to promote and select Open LiDAR standards. Martin, I'm sure I speak for the OSGeo community and 140 people who signed your letter in wishing you all the best in your presentation on Monday. [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900 http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900 -- 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 http://www.lisasoft.com/, F +61 2 9009 5099 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Open LiDAR being discussed at OGC Technical Committee Meeting
Following on from the OSGeo Open Letter on the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR [1], Martin Isenburg has been invited to give a 10 minute presentation as part of the Point Cloud discussion at the next OGC Technical Committee Meeting, 3pm EDT, this Monday 1 June [2], in Boulder Colorado USA. It is possible to participate in this meeting via goto-meeting and phone, although I'm not sure about capacity. Scott Simmons (CCed) from the OGC has details. I've seen Martin's slides. They are excellent. They clearly articulate the problem, and provide a clear and simple 5 step solution. Martin, your slides, in combination with any actions, feedback, or comments that come from this meeting will be very news worthy. I suggest that you publish these slides, or alternatively convert them to a blog post or similar, and publish soon after the meeting. We should also approach news agencies as we did before and invite them to write up this story. Telling this story will help the greater community understand how to promote and select Open LiDAR standards. Martin, I'm sure I speak for the OSGeo community and 140 people who signed your letter in wishing you all the best in your presentation on Monday. [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900 -- 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 Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open LiDAR being discussed at OGC Technical Committee Meeting
Can we all see Martin's slides please? — Puneet Kishor On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: Following on from the OSGeo Open Letter on the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR [1], Martin Isenburg has been invited to give a 10 minute presentation as part of the Point Cloud discussion at the next OGC Technical Committee Meeting, 3pm EDT, this Monday 1 June [2], in Boulder Colorado USA. It is possible to participate in this meeting via goto-meeting and phone, although I'm not sure about capacity. Scott Simmons (CCed) from the OGC has details. I've seen Martin's slides. They are excellent. They clearly articulate the problem, and provide a clear and simple 5 step solution. Martin, your slides, in combination with any actions, feedback, or comments that come from this meeting will be very news worthy. I suggest that you publish these slides, or alternatively convert them to a blog post or similar, and publish soon after the meeting. We should also approach news agencies as we did before and invite them to write up this story. Telling this story will help the greater community understand how to promote and select Open LiDAR standards. Martin, I'm sure I speak for the OSGeo community and 140 people who signed your letter in wishing you all the best in your presentation on Monday. [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900 -- 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 Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open LiDAR being discussed at OGC Technical Committee Meeting
Hi Martin, If you are ok with it, I suggest that we prime the media (particularly the media who have already reported this story and the spatial media) by providing them with advance warning that this story is going to break on Monday, and provide them with a write up of the story. If you plan to convert your slides into a blog post, then I suggest sharing that text. (Providing text gives you a much better chance of getting what you want written published, as writers tend to cut and paste from your words). Otherwise, we can share your slides, along with the summary of the meeting. I'd like to prep the Australian media on Australian Monday (Sunday in the US) such that they are ready to publish a polished article the following day after the Ad Hoc meeting. I suggest you aim to release your personal blog post at the same time as news agencies release their story. In news, it is all about timing if you want to get maximum publicity. Martin, how would you like to approach this? As always I'm happy to review a draft of your text. On 30/05/2015 8:28 am, Cameron Shorter wrote: Following on from the OSGeo Open Letter on the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR [1], Martin Isenburg has been invited to give a 10 minute presentation as part of the Point Cloud discussion at the next OGC Technical Committee Meeting, 3pm EDT, this Monday 1 June [2], in Boulder Colorado USA. It is possible to participate in this meeting via goto-meeting and phone, although I'm not sure about capacity. Scott Simmons (CCed) from the OGC has details. I've seen Martin's slides. They are excellent. They clearly articulate the problem, and provide a clear and simple 5 step solution. Martin, your slides, in combination with any actions, feedback, or comments that come from this meeting will be very news worthy. I suggest that you publish these slides, or alternatively convert them to a blog post or similar, and publish soon after the meeting. We should also approach news agencies as we did before and invite them to write up this story. Telling this story will help the greater community understand how to promote and select Open LiDAR standards. Martin, I'm sure I speak for the OSGeo community and 140 people who signed your letter in wishing you all the best in your presentation on Monday. [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900 -- 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, Wwww.lisasoft.com, F +61 2 9009 5099 -- 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 Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo adopts a Code of Conduct
As per: http://www.osgeo.org/node/1525 Over the last decade there has been a gradual adoption of Code-Of-Conduct statements at events and within organisations, including at FOSS4G events and within OSGeo projects. Adopting a good Code-Of-Conduct consolidates expectations about respectful behaviour at events and forums, ensuring they are safe, welcoming and productive and helps communities discretely address indiscretions should they occur. Building upon this initial momentum, the OSGeo Foundation has adopted a general Code-Of-Conduct to make it easy to apply to all OSGeo projects, and related events such as OSGeo. Jeff McKenna, president of the OSGeo Foundation, explains: OSGeo community members must be able to safely interact, contribute, share, learn, and be respected for who they are. OSGeo strives to foster growth and innovation in the geospatial industry, and diversity must be respected to reach this goal. Thank you to everyone involved in creating this Code-Of-Conduct for the OSGeo foundation, and let us all continue to promote Open Source geospatial safely and fairly. The Code-Of-Conduct can be referenced by adding a line similar to: Contributors to this project are expected to act respectfully toward others in accordance with theOSGeo Code of Conduct http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct. The OSGeo Code-Of-Conduct is available athttp://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct. It is derived from the great work of other organisations, mostly from the Apache Foundation'sCode-Of-Conduct https://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/conduct.html. About FOSS4G Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G http://www.foss4g.org/) is the international gathering of Open Source geo tribes. From its beginnings the FOSS4G conference has a reputation of being a melting pot for great ideas in the spatial industry and a catalyst for many successful geospatial products, standards and protocols. FOSS4G has evolved into one of the most important geo events of the year, approaching a thousand attendees and with major industry sponsors. Excitement is now building for the upcoming FOSS4G2015 conference that will be held in Seoul, South Korea in September. FOSS4G rotates around the world each year, throughout 3 regions of the Americas, Europe, and Asia/South Pacific. About OSGeo The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo http://www.osgeo.org/) is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 2006 whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial technologies and data. OSGeo software and technologies are a major contributor for the global geospatial economy and are used by millions in academia, governments and businesses worldwide. -- 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 Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open LiDAR being discussed at OGC Technical Committee Meeting
Dear all, I'll be glad if all original slides and a minutes (by Martin that, I understand from Jeff words, acts as osgeo representative) are going to be shared to the OSGeo community that supports this. Thanks, Maxi Il 29-mag-2015 19:14, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com ha scritto: Punk, Martin, I suggest that Martin's slides, or a summary of the slides, maybe in blog format, be distributed after the meeting. I'm hoping the geospatial media will pick up this story too. (If you know someone from the geospatial media who would like to write up this story then please suggest they contact either Martin or myself to ensure you are provided with material soon after the OGC meeting). Kind regards, Cameron On 30/05/2015 8:54 am, Martin Isenburg wrote: Hi, I don't think my slides are that great. I wish I could have had more time to prepare them. Without me talking on top of them they are not tgat useful / effective. Please do not distribute them widely (to those not attending the meeting) ... Martin On May 29, 2015 11:32 PM, punk.k...@gmail.com wrote: Can we all see Martin's slides please? — Puneet Kishor On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: Following on from the OSGeo Open Letter on the Need for Open Standards in LiDAR [1], Martin Isenburg has been invited to give a 10 minute presentation as part of the Point Cloud discussion at the next OGC Technical Committee Meeting, 3pm EDT, this Monday 1 June [2], in Boulder Colorado USA. It is possible to participate in this meeting via goto-meeting and phone, although I'm not sure about capacity. Scott Simmons (CCed) from the OGC has details. I've seen Martin's slides. They are excellent. They clearly articulate the problem, and provide a clear and simple 5 step solution. Martin, your slides, in combination with any actions, feedback, or comments that come from this meeting will be very news worthy. I suggest that you publish these slides, or alternatively convert them to a blog post or similar, and publish soon after the meeting. We should also approach news agencies as we did before and invite them to write up this story. Telling this story will help the greater community understand how to promote and select Open LiDAR standards. Martin, I'm sure I speak for the OSGeo community and 140 people who signed your letter in wishing you all the best in your presentation on Monday. [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter [2] http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20150601T1900 -- 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 -- 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 Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
