FME 2011 is in the House

January 18, 2011 2 Comments

Well that yearly update has happened once again. Safe Software has released FME 2011 on the world. Rather than rehash some good resources on the subject, let me point you to a couple that should showcase what is new:

I’m looking forward to working with 2011 myself. WeoGeo’s ETL functionality is built on Safe’s FME Server which is why I’m never worried a customer will come up with a format that FME doesn’t support (unless it is *cough* Revit *cough* Dale *cough* Don *cough*).

Now that 2011 has happened I’m looking forward to the 2012 beta builds.

*pause* FME goes to eleven!

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Safe Releases FME 2009

January 12, 2009 4 Comments

Today Safe Software released FME 2009.  I’ve was unable to take the 2009 beta for a spin (being busy is a good thing these days), but there are three new formats supported that really have me excited; CityGML 1.0, Adobe Geospatial PDF and OpenStreetMap XML (come to think of it Autodesk 3ds support might come in handy at the old architecture studio).  Plus the 20% performance increase over FME 2008 will be a welcome change of pace from software that gets slower as it “improves”.  The improved user interface of Workbench should increase usability for those who are used to other geoprocessing software packages.  Safe has a “What’s Great” brochure available that outlines the improvements in more detail.

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