Data Interoperability Extension

Rentia McLaughlin

Presentation Outline

• Extension Overview• Format Support• Data Translation• Spatial ETL• Discussion and Q&A

Extension Overview

• Optional Extension− Safe Software’s FME Technology− Includes FME Workbench

• Direct Read, Import, Export• Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, Load)• Integration with geoprocessing tools

Format Support

• Over 100 supported formats− Read only

• Directly accessible in ArcCatalog• Allows direct analysis, mapping and visualisation

Data Translation

• Data Interoperability toolbox− Quick Import

• To personal or file geodatabase

− Quick Export• To over 75 formats

• Geoprocessing integration

Format & Translation

Spatial ETL

• Extract, Transform, Load• Spatial ETL

Spatial ETL

• FME WorkbenchExtract Transform LoadTransform LoadExtract

Spatial ETL

Spatial ETL

• Transformers− Select a subset of data

− Translation

− Construct geometry

− Attribute and Spatial Joins

Spatial ETL

Discussion