PostGIS 2.0 – How to Improve Interoperability using FME

PostGIS 2.0 – How to Improve Interoperability using FME

April 24th, 2013

Who Are We?

Robyn RennieFME Desktop Support Mgr

Dale LutzCo-Founder and VP of Product Development

Questions are Encouraged!

This morning’s Q&A Support:

Mark StoakesManager Professional Services

Steve MacCabe Product Specialist

Questions are Encouraged!

We’re happy to answer any questions you have.

To submit a question:

If we can’t get to your question during the webinar we’ll send a follow-up email.

Powering The Flow of Spatial Data

FME – Feature Manipulation Engine

Powering The Flow of Data

FME – Feature Manipulation Engine

FME Capabilities

Transform Data to Use and Share

Convert spatial data between hundreds of formats

Transform spatial data into the

precise data model you need

Integrate multiple different data types into a single data model

Share spatial data with people where, when and how they need it

Workbench: Graphical Data Flow Authoring

Poll: What is your FME level of expertise?

Getting started page:

http://fme.ly/GetStarted

Attend a weekly FME Desktop overview webinar:

http://fme.ly/WeeklyIntro

New to FME?

Poll: What frustrations do you have with your database workflows that don’t involve FME?

Agenda

Demos Reading and Writing – tips and tricks Raster and 3D Database Transformers Supported Database functionality Edits and Change Detection Putting it all together

Follow-up Webinar recording and materials

Versions & Editions

FME Professional Edition License

FME 2013 SP1

Postgis 2.0

PostgreSQL 9.2.1

Poll: Do you store Raster or 3D in your PostGIS?

Reading and Writing – tips and tricks

Always a good idea to have a unique key field Generic geometry columns New supported geometries Published parameters for username/passwords Transaction Size and bulk copy insert

Sample workspace

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Raster and 3D

New in FME 2013

Raster reading and writing Limits for size Constraints

3D Reading and Writing Handled just like 2D – view in the Data Inspector

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Database Transformers

SQLExecutor / SQLCreator

FeatureReader

Joiner

ChangeDetector

GeometryValidator

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Practical Examples

Update Spatial Table using ArcMap

Writer mode and fme_db_operation

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Question & Answer Period

FMEDatabases

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Upcoming webinars

Microsoft SQL Server – How to Improve Interoperability using FME – May 1

Oracle Database - How to Improve Interoperability using FME – June 11

Recorded Webinars:http://fme.ly/webinars

View the offerings at: http://fme.ly/online

Poll: Would you like more information on our free training options?

We’ll Be Following Up

Thank You!

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