Safe Software to Host First FME Worldwide User Conference in Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver, B.C. - July 28 - Safe Software Inc., developers of industry-leading Feature Manipulation Engine (FME®) technology for transforming and integrating spatial data, today announced that the company will host its first FME Worldwide User Conference on September 21-22 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The conference will provide GIS professionals, database managers, and FME users with an overview of FME’s latest capability, and will also offer technical sessions that address key data transformation challenges. Some of the topics to be covered during the technical sessions include moving data between a CAD system and a GIS database; reading and writing data to spatial databases such as ESRI® ArcSDE™, Oracle®, PostGIS, and others ; loading rasters into Oracle Spatial and ArcSDE; and FME support for GML, the Simple Features Profile, and Web Feature Services (WFS). The conference agenda also includes presentations by companies in key market sectors, as well as a poster gallery and several innovative presentations that are designed to be entertaining as well as informative.
In addition to the main conference, optional pre-conference sessions offered on September 19-20 will provide participants an opportunity to add exceptional value to their conference experience by attending one of two additional events: a comprehensive two-day FME training course, or a half-day introductory seminar on SpatialDirect® - Safe Software’s FME-based solution for distributing spatial data in multiple formats via the Internet.
The conference agenda and registration information is available at www.safe.com/2006uc.
“Safe Software has been involved in many regional FME user conferences because we know that events like this are of tremendous value to attendees,” said Dale Lutz, VP of Product Development at Safe Software. “It’s exciting to now be bringing together FME users from around the world. We anticipate that many helpful international connections will be established as FME users learn from each other as well as from Safe Software staff and as we, in turn, learn from our users.”
More about FME
FME is an integrated collection of Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) tools for the distribution and transformation of 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 Safe Software
Safe Software Inc. is the industry leader in Spatial ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) technologies, providing 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, and database formats.
For more information, visit www.safe.com.
FME (Feature Manipulation Engine) and SpatialDirect are registered trademarks of Safe Software Inc. All other product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Media Contact:
Catherine Ducharme
Acting Director of Marketing
Safe Software Inc.
(604) 813-6104
catherine.ducharme@safe.com
FME and SpatialDirect are registered trademarks of Safe Software Inc.