FME International User Conference Presentations
Watch video recordings of presentations recorded at the 2009 International User Conference. Choose from plenary sessions, the keynote presentation, and 27 technical sessions presented by FME users. If you have any questions about any of the videos, please do not hesitate to contact your Safe Software Account Manager, or email sales@safe.com.
At the end of the Technical Session videos are the slides, in PDF format, from the Lightning Talks and the Hands-On Workshops.
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 Don Murray and Dale Lutz, Safe Software Presentation Slides (PDF) |
Day 1: Welcome & Plenary Watch Safe Software co-founders Don Murray and Dale Lutz discuss the strategic ways in which Safe Software is working to bring the world together by improving spatial data accessibility. You will get a sneak peek into how Safe approaches development priorities for FME and obtain insights into several themes emerging throughout the geospatial industry, revealing how Safe is responding to these new trends. |
 Don Murray & Dale Lutz, Safe Software Presentation Slides (PDF) |
Day 2: FME 2010 and Beyond Get the inside scoop on exciting upcoming developments in FME 2010 by watching Safe Software co-founders Don Murray and Dale Lutz perform live demonstrations in FME Desktop and FME Server. Witness for yourself the passion of this dynamic duo in action for their favorite product in the world: FME! |
 James Fee Presentation Slides (PDF) |
Keynote: Removing Barriers to Data Sharing Watch James Fee explain how the convergence of geographic information and the Internet is changing the ways in which organizations are sharing and storing data. Through this presentation, you will gain a better understanding of how to take disruptive technologies such as web services and cloud computing and turn them to your advantage by eliminating barriers between users and data. |
 Brendan Cunningham, Kilkenny County Council
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1. Using FME to Drive a Location-Based Email / Cell Phone Notification Service Discover how Kilkenny County Council has leveraged FME to create an online system that can electronically send location-based reports and notifications regarding local service disruptions to citizens via email or SMS. |
 Daniel Pilon, Natural Resources Canada
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2. Generalizing a 1:250 000 National Topographic Map at Natural Resources Canada Watch how National Resources Canada uses FME to integrate their geographic and cartographic data and then generalize it to meet their needs. |
 Gabriel Reid, Tele Atlas
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3. Extending FME Programatically with Python, TCL & FME Objects Explore how you can extend functionality in FME through a variety of options, including embedding code within a workspace, accessing FME functionality externally via the FME Objects API and implementing new FME plugins in Java and C++. |
 Tim Albert, Focus Corporation
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4. Defining Logical Service Catchment Areas with FME Find out how Focus Corporation has used FME to help define new catchment areas and deliver the information in the required formats for the National Association of Friendship Centres’s (NFAC) 118 Friendship Centres across Canada. |
 Chris Jones & Khalid Siddiqi, Ricondo & Associates
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5. Land Use Development Displacement: Preparing Data for Analysis Using FME Learn how Ricondo & Associates have used FME to greatly streamline the process of determining the compliancy of San Diego County airports with their state environmental regulations including safety zones and noise criteria. |
 James Katz & Wes Hardin, Burns & McDonnell
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6. Powering a Spatial Project Dashboard in Google Earth Enterprise with FME Find out how Burns & McDonnell has leveraged FME to create a fully customizable spatial project dashboard in Google Earth Enterprise that allows users to tap real-time data anytime, anywhere – enabling better decisions and virtually eliminating errors on the job site. |
 Mark Stoakes, Safe Software
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7. Is Your Data Usable? Validating Data with FME Discover how a variety of customers are using FME to perform data validation and quality assurance by watching several real-life project examples illustrated by Safe Software’s Manager of Professional Services, Mark Stoakes. |
 Raymond Kinser, California CAD Solutions, Inc.
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8. Electronic Field Edits from Paper for Crisis Situations Discover how California CAD Solutions has used FME to create a living hardcopy repository of their telecommunication client’s nationwide infrastructure for disaster response preparation, while also enabling personnel to return edits for rapid dissemination in the event of an emergency. |
 Michael Leierer, Washington State Department of Transportation
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9. Centralizing Disparate Data and Sharing it Out with FME Server: A WashDOT Success Story Find out how the Washington State Department of Transportation is using FME Desktop and FME Server in its SDI initiatives to get data into a centralized database, manage the data to create an integrated statewide transportation network, and serve the data to users in their require formats and schemas. |
 Christian Dahmen, con terra GmbH
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10. FME and CityGML - Generating 3D City Models in a Variety of Applications Watch how FME can be used to generate, validate, and set up data from different sources for the construction of CityGML models. |
 Ulf Månsson, SWECO
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11. A Structured Approach to Processing Large Volumes of 3D Data with FME Learn how SWECO is using FME to structure and process large volumes of 3D data, for example converting laser-scanned data to Vertical Mapper for cross-section and terrain analysis. |
 Heinz Grottenegg, axmann geoinformation
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12. What About Metadata? An FME Server Based Approach Watch how axmann geoinformation is using FME Server to drive a system that integrates vector and raster data along with its metadata into a high quality, centralized database that meets their spatial data infrastructure (SDI) initiative’s requirements. |
 Dmitri Bagh, Safe Software
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13. Rasterizing and Tiling High Volumes of Data for Web Mapping Platforms Discover how FME can be used to rasterize and tile large volumes of vector data, including clipping, coloring and splitting work into portions for faster processing. |
 Ted Norcott, Terasen Gas and Tom Welsh, UBISENSE
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14. Using FME Server to Distribute Spatial Data: A Case Study from Terasen Gas Find out how Terasen Gas has integrated FME Server with GE Smallworld to automate GIS data extracts, providing stakeholders with self-service access to this information over the web. |
 Jason Birch and Tim Taylor, City of Nanaimo
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15. Bridging the Enterprise with FME Server Find out how the City of Nanaimo has used FME Server to greatly improve the efficiency of FME use within their organization while retaining de-centralized translation management. |
 Peter Laulund, Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen
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16. From Mapping Files to Applications Watch how the National Surveying Cadastre uses FME to provide extra functionality in mapping files such as with post processing of data, logging to databases, dynamic mapping files and splitting projects into sub modules using a master/slave design. |
 Mark Döring, con terra GmbH
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17. The INSPIRE Fusion Center: A Spatial ETL-Based Solution for Sharing Spatial Data in SDIs Learn how con terra is meeting the INSPIRE directive by harnessing FME Desktop and FME Server to transform existing data into an SDI’s specified model and fulfill the requirements of SDI-compliant services. |
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18. Cross-border Processing with FME Learn how the Rijn-Schelde Delta (RSD) organization has used FME to develop an interactive map which highlights industrial land parcels available based on user specified criteria. |
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19. Managing the National Flood Hazard Layer with FME Learn how Michael Baker Jr. Inc has used FME to replicate data from disparate sources and convert the data schemas on-the-fly to create a contiguous layer of FEMA flood data that facilitates generating statistics reports, validating data quality, and delivering data to the public. |
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20. Implementing the Cable and Pipeline Information Standard in Flanders Find out how Kaho Sint-Lieven’s Survey Department used FME to transform data from a variety of sources into a defined data model that gave a unified and easily sharable view of cable and pipeline data. |
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21. Moving Toward a 3D City GIS with Bentley Map and FME Find out how an integrated solution using Bentley Map and FME enables users to make more effective use of CityGML and deliver greater interoperability for 3D data exchange. |
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22. Best Practices for Integrating FME and Oracle Spatial Learn how Vicrea Solutions is using the integration between Oracle Spatial and FME as a powerful solution for loading and converting spatial data. |
 Clayton Wise, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
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23. Data Validation & Loading with FME Server Watch how the Hampton Roads Sanitation District uses FME Server to streamline their collection and validation of data from various sources into a centralized, high quality database, with tremendous time savings. |
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24. Animating Extensive and Dynamic Data in KML and Google Earth Find out how Burns & McDonnell and the South Florida Water Management District are able to take large datasets with high frequency updates, and make them viewable in Google Earth in near real-time using FME. |
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25. Designing Single Workflow Workspaces: The Why and How Discover how the Centre for Topographic Information has increased productivity and reduced duplication by implementing single workflow workspaces - improving workspace maintainability and promoting reusability. |
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26. Improving Hydrographic Data Management & Distribution Using FME Learn how the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is using FME to load and validate disparate data into a single data warehouse and then make it available to users and data management systems. |
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27. Using FME with Microsoft Virtual Earth and SQL Server Spatial Discover how OnTerra Systems uses FME with Microsoft geospatial technologies to integrate spatial data in web-based mapping applications. |
Lightning Talks
| Presenter | Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Tiling in the Cloud | Paul Bissett | WeoGeo |
| Integrating FME Server into ArcGIS Server using Geocortex Essentials | Jason Close | Latitude Geographics Group Ltd. |
| FME - Enabling the Unified Spatial Environment | David Eagle | Dotted Eyes |
| Aaron Koning | Safe Software | |
| Setting up a Mulitdimensional Raster Data Exchange Platform with FME Server | Jeff Konnen | INSER SA |
| FME, SQLite and TCL: A Powerful Cocktail | Peter Laulund | Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen |
| Data Coordination and Display During a Disaster Event | Glen Rhea | Arkansas Geographic Information Office |
| Building a Virtual World with FME | Hans van der Maarel | Red Geographics |
Hands-On Workshops
Please use this updated dataset (228 MB) for the workshop exercises.
| Presenter | Company | |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced FME Workflows | Mark Ireland & Michael Weisman | Safe Software |
| Stretching FME Boundaries | Mark Stoakes & Dave Campanas | Safe Software |
| Introduction to FME Server | Ken Bragg & Aaron Koning | Safe Software |
| Centralizing Data Storage | Mita Hajirakar & Robyn Rennie | Safe Software |
| Dynamic Workspaces and the Three R’s | Aaron Koning & Mark Stoakes | Safe Software |
| FME for the ESRI Enthusiast | Robyn Rennie & Mita Hajirakar | Safe Software |
| Smoothing the GIS/CAD Road | Dave Campanas & Ken Bragg | Safe Software |
| The Continued Story of 3D Data | Michael Weisman & Mark Ireland | Safe Software |
| Practical Raster Scenarios | Dave Campanas & Mark Stoakes | Safe Software |
| Maps for the Masses | Aaron Koning & Ken Bragg | Safe Software |