FME is Safe Software's product for converting and transforming spatial data.
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What's an efficient way of detecting road junctions on a map?
I may receive maps from any source for my project, and for the C++ algorithm I'm making, it's imperative for the algorithm to know where road junctions (nodes where more than two road segments meet) ...
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Who uses FME Python extension and how?
I saw a great interface to FME with Python there
What you guys are doing with it? I want ideas.
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Is there any safe fme alternatives?
Just wondering if there is any open source solution which comes close to safe FME?
I would like to integrate it into my workflow, but it´s just another few thousand which my employer has to give out ...
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DXF attribute to z value
We have been given a DXF that contains a Elevation attribute but we would like to generate a 3D DXF. I know I can generate a 3D dxf from a shapefile using:
ogr2ogr -f "DXF" out.dxf in.shp -zfield ...
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Calling ArcGIS 10 geoprocessing method in FME 2011
I am trying to create an attribute index in a feature class in FME 2011. I couldn't find any trasnformer that does it. So I'm thinking may be I can use "PythonCaller" transformer to call "Add ...
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Data Interoperability or FME ESRI Edition?
I've been debating keeping our Data Interoperability licence or going with the full FME ESRI Edition.
I'm looking for advice.
Thank you.
D
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Large Open Street Map OSM file to Shapefile. Is there any hope for 32-bit FME?
I have a large OSM XML file (around 8 GB) that I was hoping to process in FME. I have a workbench that I previously used to process smaller files (500 MB) into feature type-specific Shapefiles (e.g. ...
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FME - Can I write back into my original file geodatabase
I have a gas pipeline network which I have stored in an File Geodatabase as polylines. I've created an FME workspace to split the pipelines at fittings (valves, reducers, tees, etc) which are stored ...
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Anyone used Informatica Powercenter and FME together?
FME apparently integrates with Informatica Powercenter. I use Informatica quite a bit to move data around, push and pull to ArcSDE, and to slurp mass quantities of XML into SQL Server. I'm ...
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FME: Join attributes in text file with attributes in SHAPE file
I have a SHAPE file with points and different attributes - one attribute MyID. I also have a plain text file with several attributes - each in a separated column:
MyID MyValue
1 A
2 B
3 C
...
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LineJoiner in FME
I have lot of line objects. Some of them are smaller than some criteria.
I would like to join all lines or smaller segments of line which are smaller than 1 meter to bigger lines, keeping the ...
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Data ETL workflow optimization
I have a legacy workflow that I would like to optimize and automate (at least partially). The current workflow goes like this. I receive a MS Access .mdb file containing a single table. This table ...
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How to Count Features in a Feature Type in FME?
I am reading around 120 spatial tables in FME. I would like to export a spreadsheet or CSV using FME that contains the feature name (table name) and the number of records in that table.
So far, I've ...
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Why do file geodatabase and SDE readers produce different fme_geometry types?
I have one very simple workbench that I am running against both SDE (9.3) and FGDB (10.0) sources.
I noticed two different fme_geometry values for same type of objects.
For the first one, i.e SDE ...
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Remove Collar from ECW File (Orthophoto Mosaic)
Maybe i'm missing a basic concept when it comes to manipulating/removing values from an RGB orthophoto mosaic. Is it possible to completely eliminate the collar (black background) from an orthophoto ...
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FME Server Workspace
I have a problem with FME:
I published a workspace on FME Server. The workspace converts Geodatabase Files to MapInfo TAB.
I'd like to call the generic workspace with FME Server to convert other ...
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FME - How to convert string represenation of date to a date format that SQL Server will accept?
I have dates in the form of 07-28-2010 I am extracting from DWG filenames. I need to push these to a DateTime formatted table in non-spatial SQL Server 2008. SQL Server doesn't like them as strings ...
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Run FME workspace using python
I'm trying to run a second workspace using python command in "Shutdown Python Script" in the first workspace using the following command. But its giving me an error. Is there anything I need to do ...
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FME - Is it possible to add custom command line input arguments to a workspace?
I have a workspace whose command line call is like so:
fme.exe DwgImporter.fmw
--SourceDataset_ACAD Z:\FME\Data\DWGs\*.dwg
--DestDataset_MSSQL_ADO IHS_TPW
...
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2answers
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Calculate Field based on field value in a second table
I have a table in a MSSQL Server Enterprise SDE database. I need to join a table from a MS SQLExpress Workgroup SDE database and then calculate 11 fields in the Enterprise table based on values in ...
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How to embed images in KML balloons using FME?
I am using FME to produce a kml file with multiple placemarks. Each placemarks corresponds to a specific feature on the ground. I am creating balloons to provide some descriptive information of the ...
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Migrating from FME Server 2008 (with Spatial Direct) to FME Server 2011
I am about to migrate a web app from it's old architecture to new. Part of this is migrating the old FME Server 2008 (using a Spatial Direct service) instance to FME Server 2011. I understand it is ...
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Huge x,y,z dataset into oracle, possible?
I have 200 .xyz files containing 1500000 points each. Is this possible to import this dataset to oracle?
It makes a total of 300.000.000 points!!!
Background is I want to improve a FME script that ...
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ArcPy or FME for adding history to an object?
I have a very specific problem and I'm looking for a solution for it.
I need to add some sort of history to an object. The history will be stored like this:
begin_date
end_date
previous_id
Suppose ...
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GIS Database Migration Project (Oracle to ArcGIS)
I have been tasked with converting an Oracle Database into an ESRI file geodatabase. The data represents a gas network. The client's Oracle database has over 400 tables, 120 of which are spatial. ...
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Need links on DWG to GDB conversion using FME Workbench
I am using FME workbench (trial version) to convert .DWG to .GDB (ESRI Geodatabase [file based]). I have mapped the Writer attributes with the exact Writer attributes. In fact, in the test database ...
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What's the syntax for an AttributeFilter in FME?
I want to use AttributeFilter and I need to filter data by ATTRIBUTE1 with possible values of ATTRIBUTE2. What is the syntax for it?
I tried:
attribute2
&attribute2
$attribute2
...
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1answer
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Why does FME Reprojector create coordinate values 0?
I'm using the NeighborFinder transformer in FME Desktop 2013, and I need it to use a maximum distance in meters. My input data, however, are points and lines in WGS84, so before sending them into the ...
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FME - Calculate distance of point along a line
I have created an FME workspace which inputs a pipeline as well as other linear features which cross it (waterways, roads, railways, fences, other pipelines, etc). The output is a point file which ...
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FME - Possible to return a value from workspace?
I'm calling my workspace from the command line (either via Python or .NET to a system/os call). I'm parsing DWGs and pushing attributes to SQL Server in the workspace. Either the data validates in the ...
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FME values used in python
I need one attribute value from FME and use it in python script as a parameter. How can I do this? Do I have to have def_init_() def input(), def close() also?
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Which type of File Geodatabase format to use?
What is the practical difference between fgdb API format and fdgb ArcObjects in FME? When to use each of them in FME?
Thank you.
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FME remove polygon holes of under size ### sqft and chop the ends off
Quetion #1
I have a wokspace that takes the latest version of my data and creates buffers and then merges those to one polygon.
When 2 buffer polygons are near each other and close to create a hole. I ...
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How to convert a JPEG to GeoTiff using FME?
I want to convert JPEG to Geotiff in FME.
I use the following workspace
JPEG reader -> RasterExtractor -> CoordinateSystemSetter -> RasterGeoreferencer (parameter : extents) -> Reprojector -> ...
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FME - process only matching name datasources
I'm trying to find out how to deal with the below scenario with FME 2012 on board.
I have a bunch of geotiff's tiles (A) and a bunch of others geotiff's tiles (B) that I would like to mosaick ...
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How do you change the prime meridian of a map?
I am working with the Natural Earth world map as a SHP file, but when I try to change the prime meridian (PRIMEM) of the coordinate system
...
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merging data in ArcSDE
I need some suggestions/inspiration for a problem we have.
The problem:
We have an ArcSDE master GIS database. We will edit this data almost exclusively outside of ArcGIS and outside of ArcSDE. In ...
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Variable XML dataset as reader in FME
I have one problem i am thinking how to solve. My workbench is started from python script. Workbench reads xml file, but name of xml file is each time different. So is it possible to solve this with ...
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Run FME Workbench with Python
I would like start/run FME workbench from one external python script. Is there some simple syntax/command to do this?
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ArcGIS Surface Length Tool equivalent in FME
I am trying to calculate the 3D length of a line. I currently have a rather complex and cumbersome model built in ArcGIS Model Builder that uses a tool called "Surface Length". I was wondering if ...
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FME: Can I add multiple feature types to the SQL Server Spatial reader?
The title's it, really.
With .TAB file reader, you can add multiple layers to the reader and use the 'merge feature type' check box with an '*' to read all the layers listed in the source files, ...
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How to combine lines from different sources reperesenting the same road network but with slightly different geometry?
Here is my problem:
I have got two layers of polylines which represent the same road network but they are from different sources and have different geometry.
The two layers are mostly the same tracks ...
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How to write a SQL WHERE Clause using Multiple Choice values in FME?
I published a parameter which is of Choice Multiple type. I wish to
use values from this parameter for WHERE Clause when Reading Inputed
Data in the begin of Workbench.
So there is no problem if I ...
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How to get a list of features from FME? Python?
I would like to get a list of geodatabase feature tables from FME.
Is it possible with Python? Or another transformer?
Thanks.
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FME - Convert DWG to JPG
I am a beginner in Safe FME and i need to know how to Convert DWG files to JPG Files. Is it possible?
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Are FME2013 and 64bit Background Geoprocessing of ArcGIS 10.1 SP1 compatible?
We are running ArcGIS 10.1 sp1 and have installed 64-bit background geoprocessing. We are also upgrading to FME 2013. I know in the past we have had to install the 32-bit version of FME due to ...
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clipper transformer FME
I have a fairly extensive workspace which among other things has an output of shapefiles in several needed projections.
I have those going to the respective folders for use in different business ...
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Architecture issue - ArcGIS Server sourcing data from FME?
I'm looking at potential architectures for a new project and the biggest unknown right now is how well ArcGIS Server can communicate with non-ESRI data sources for map services.
There are a number of ...
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ArcGIS Calling Wrong fme.exe When Python Script Converted To An ArcGIS Script Tool
I'm using this this bit of code to execute a FME Workbench file through a Python script ...
import os
os.system("fme.exe P:\\Mapping\\Scripts\\FME\\Easements_ROW_Extract_From_CAD.fmw")
However, ...
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Dynamically Change Annotation Font Size According To Parcel Area
I'm looking for a solution to change annotation font size in an automated/dynamic way. The annotation data represents civic addresses and are displayed over a parcel fabric. What we would like to do ...
