FME Desktop and FME Server Key Capabilities

Data is only valuable if it can be used by the people and applications that need it. The challenge with spatial data is that, nearly always, "what they need" is not the same as "what we have". That's why data transformation is the key to any project that involves spatial data, ensuring successful data conversion, integration, and distribution.

Transformation is all about efficiently manipulating or restructuring data. It's a critical step in performing most data interoperability tasks, for example:

• Converting data between one or more formats
• Reprojecting data from one coordinate system to another
• Integrating data from multiple formats and sources
• Performing quality assurance or cleaning up data
• Loading or migrating data from one system to another
• Distributing data "on-the-fly", often via the web
• Automatically loading, transforming and delivering data in real-time
• Extract, transform and load data into the desired format, data model and/or repository