Safe Software and the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS) Aim to Simplify the Sharing of Spatial Data
VANCOUVER, British Columbia: February 2, 2007: Safe Software®, a BC-based leader in providing spatial ETL (extract, transform and load) tools, and the Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS), today announced a joint agreement that will help streamline the sharing of spatial data among ICIS member organizations in British Columbia.
Under the terms of the agreement, ICIS members who purchase Safe Software’s FME® technology will receive FME training at no additional cost, a $1000 value per student.
FME training simplifies data sharing between ICIS members by enabling members to fully exploit FME’s spatial data translation and transformation technology. With this ability they can transform their source data into the format and standards required by ICIS. Members will also gain deeper insights into how to use FME for their own data transformation tasks.
Safe Software’s Feature Manipulation Engine technology (FME) is an integrated spatial ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) product that manages the complex data format and schema transformations often required to access and distribute location-based data. ICIS uses FME technology to enable ICIS members to access and download data from the ICIS webmap site in a number of different formats and coordinate systems.
“Safe Software’s FME and SpatialDirect® have revolutionized the way ICIS processes data, and enables us to be truly vendor-neutral. FME not only helps our members deliver their data to ICIS, it also enables them to fulfill data requests quickly and easily, and helps them save time by building streamlined processes for a multitude of complex geoprocessing tasks,” says Laura Cassian, ICIS Technical Services Coordinator.
Training is limited to courses held at Safe Software’s headquarters in Surrey and is based on availability. For more information on Safe Software and FME visit www.safe.com. ICIS members can register for training on-line at www.safe.com/training using promo code "ICIS".
More about Safe Software and FME
Safe Software Inc., a leader in Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) technologies and the maker of FME, provides both spatial data transformation solutions and professional services. Since 1993, Safe Software has focused on helping organizations enhance access to spatial data by providing software solutions that deliver seamless translation of nearly 200 GIS, CAD, raster, and database formats.
Safe Software’s core product, FME, is an integrated collection of Spatial ETL tools that manage the complex data format and schema transformations often required to access and distribute location-based data. FME manages database loading, data extraction from legacy systems, merging multiple data sources, coordinate system conversion, and format to format translation for the exchange of map data. FME consists of four major components: a translation engine (FME Universal Translator), a graphical authoring environment (FME Workbench), a data inspection tool (FME Viewer), and application extenders that directly integrate into a variety of spatial applications. Visit www.safe.com for more information.
More about ICIS
The Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS) is a partnership of British Columbia's major utilities, provincial government ministries, crown corporations, and local governments. The ICIS vision is to facilitate collaborative sharing and integration of spatial data for the economic and social benefit of British Columbia. For more information visit: www.icisociety.ca
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Media Contacts:
Integrated Cadastral Information Society (ICIS)
Laura Cassian
Technical Services Coordinator
T: (250) 381-9295
www.icisociety.ca
Safe Software
Catherine Ducharme
Acting Director of Marketing
T: (604) 501-9985 ext. 224
C: (604) 813-6104
catherine.ducharme@safe.com
FME and SpatialDirect are registered trademarks of Safe Software Inc.