With the FOSS4G “conference” (for Open Source Geospatial Software) about to start in Barcelona, Spain, it seemed a good time to open my FME2011 coverage with an item about what updates and enhancements we’ve made specifically for PostGIS in our upcoming release.
This post marks the last of the 2010 product specials, and describes some of the more useful updates we’ve made to existing FME transformers for the FME2010 release.
Contents:
What is a “Feature”,
Multiple-Geometries,
Traits,
Discrete Measures.
This FME Evangelist is a quick posting about what is meant in FME by a “feature”, and how you should really attend an upcoming User Conference workshop.
Contents:
FME2009: The Small Stuff,
Transformer Defaults: A Reminder and An Update,
FME2009 Example: MeasureExtractorToZ,
Your Spy at Safe: Inspector Gadget,
Sketchup! Did I see that right?
Feature Types to Read: Now More Dynamic!
2009 FME International User Conference: Update.
This Friday afternoon (Pacific Time) the FME Evangelist gives you some weekend reading on the top FME2009 updates you probably never noticed, and drops some very hot-off-the-press information your way regarding a successor to the venerable FME Universal Viewer. Yes you heard (and saw) it here first! Plus there’s the reveal of a terrific update to the Feature Types to Read parameter.
Contents:
Anatomy of an FME Project: Parts III and IV
Measure Generation from Z Values
Shutdown Scripts and Logged Features
Updated Transformer Help
Drag and Insert Updates
This edition of the FME Evangelist is back to a general mix, with a good example of generating measures, a useful new TCL/Python function, and a sneak peak of a new Transformer Help document; not forgetting the ongoing anatomy of an FME project.