LIDAR Format Letter Board Cover

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Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board

The Board of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the geospatial community at large. The letter highlights concerns about the need for standards in LiDAR data formats, from many people within the OSGeo community. Although specific organizations are named in the letter, the OSGeo Board of Directors would like to focus on the general importance of standards in the industry, and learn from this example so we can make geospatial information easily accessible to all users. As always, if there is anything that the OSGeo Board can do to help, then please let us know.

Signed:

• Jeff McKenna (OSGeo President),
• Michael Smith (OSGeo Treasurer),
• Jáchym Čepický (OSGeo Secretary),
• Massimiliano Cannata,
• Vasile Craciunescu,
• Bart van den Eijnden,
• Gérald Fenoy,
• Anne Ghisla,
• Jorge Sanz