FME in Action: Arizona Experience

Bo Guo, PhD, PE

September 23, 2015Prescott, Arizona

Imagine you have a boss who

wants a “simple” application built

in a week.

The “Simple” Application ...

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Technologies & Resources Utilized

Front-end

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Application Server

Basemap Services:

High-level Architecture

AZGeo

Data Download App

FME Server Database Server

Services

Layer List

Download

Counties

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Data Functions Capability Notes

ETL Yes Supports 336 formats

Projection Yes 2000+ Predefined CS

QC Yes

Batch CRUD Yes You can write SQL as well

Interactive Editing No

Analysis Yes

Services Yes Through FME Server

Presentation No Inspection viewer

What Is the Big Deal?GeoSpatial Data ETL Tool

ModelBuilder on Steroids:Geospatial EcosystemVersatile EfficientElegant!

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Yuma Region FME ProjectsBrian Brady,

GIS Administrator, City of Yuma

Next-Gen 9-1-1 NENA standards transition

For six agencies, including one partially in California

FME Projects Under DevelopmentAddress Points

Street Centerlines

Authoritative Boundaries

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City of Phoenix Automated Parcel Data Validation

AutoDeskCAD Files

OracleKiva Sys

GeoServer

FMEDesktop

COLA2Web App

WebBrowser

City of Phoenix: CAD QC and Upload to Oracle

The Power of FME is not

imaginary, neither are the story

and the boss…