One of my 2017 professional goals was to get out there and do some presentations. It's easy to do when you love talking about a project you've been working on for the past 3 years.
This one of two presentations at Safe Software's FME International Users Conference. Heard once about every 3 years, it's a GREAT conference, one of the best I've gone to. If you get a chance, go.
Ping me via Twitter or LinkedIn if you are interested in learning more about Indoor Mapping and GIS.
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Showing posts with label Safe Software. Show all posts
Friday, 16 June 2017
Friday, 19 April 2013
Post #FMEWT 2013 Thoughts, Vancouver edition
So, on Tuesday, Dale & Don did the annual Safe Software FME road show, showcasing the latest & greatest stuff in FME 2013. Good times. Always a good time to go, meet some fellow #FME'ers and check out the new stuff.
I won't go into all the details (you can find it here, a live blog account, and watch James Fee & company discuss it here) but I did enjoy 4 big things:
1) Better Labeling, via the MapTextLabeller.
Even though it's an extra cost add-on, you can't deny that adding better labeling transformers are really going to help those customers with limited GIS budgets. This helps fill that void somewhat. Maplex in ArcGIS covers a lot of the same (if better) functionality, but if you don't have access to that resource, this will do nicely if you aren't tied into the Autodesk/ESRI stack. And definitely helpful for guys like Jonathon McIntyre making those high quality floor plan PDF's from FME.
2) Uploading and testing your CAD files right to FME server, to QA/QC those pesky as-built drawings from contractors.....! Geometry validation is going to be very useful for our infrastructure GIS guys here in the office.
3) Real-time tracking. Watching Dale's TESLA in real-time was pretty cool, and pulling the City of Vancouver's data via FTP into FME's workbench was just as awesome.
4) Reading ZIP files! Writing to ZIP files! Damn, wish I had this when I was revamping the scripts for our Open Data site. No biggee, Python helped out on that regard.
Thankfully, I've got 2013 installed at work now so I'm excited to try out the new stuff right away!
Yes, Soup for me! heh, heh, heh.....
I won't go into all the details (you can find it here, a live blog account, and watch James Fee & company discuss it here) but I did enjoy 4 big things:
1) Better Labeling, via the MapTextLabeller.
Even though it's an extra cost add-on, you can't deny that adding better labeling transformers are really going to help those customers with limited GIS budgets. This helps fill that void somewhat. Maplex in ArcGIS covers a lot of the same (if better) functionality, but if you don't have access to that resource, this will do nicely if you aren't tied into the Autodesk/ESRI stack. And definitely helpful for guys like Jonathon McIntyre making those high quality floor plan PDF's from FME.
2) Uploading and testing your CAD files right to FME server, to QA/QC those pesky as-built drawings from contractors.....! Geometry validation is going to be very useful for our infrastructure GIS guys here in the office.
3) Real-time tracking. Watching Dale's TESLA in real-time was pretty cool, and pulling the City of Vancouver's data via FTP into FME's workbench was just as awesome.
4) Reading ZIP files! Writing to ZIP files! Damn, wish I had this when I was revamping the scripts for our Open Data site. No biggee, Python helped out on that regard.
Thankfully, I've got 2013 installed at work now so I'm excited to try out the new stuff right away!
Yes, Soup for me! heh, heh, heh.....
Friday, 12 April 2013
Friday, 12 December 2008
Safe Software Open House: Tuesday Dec 16
A bunch of us here at the City are heading out to the Open House next week. Should be good to meet up with some old BCIT classmates and see what is going on these days. Last I was there was back in 2005 - a few of us took their intro FME class.
Here's some of Safe's blogs for further reading....
Dale Lutz, The Corporate Blog of Safe Software
The FGE Evangelist, the newletter blog that "delivers insider news, cutting edge examples and the latest functional developments for Safe Software’s FME application."
Here's some of Safe's blogs for further reading....
Dale Lutz, The Corporate Blog of Safe Software
The FGE Evangelist, the newletter blog that "delivers insider news, cutting edge examples and the latest functional developments for Safe Software’s FME application."
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