"Where do we use FME? Everywhere. It’s really the main tool of the office. We’ve had great collaboration with Safe Software, and they’ve kept improving the product."
Jean-Marc Prévost, Natural Resources CanadaHow FME Helps Natural Resources
The environment is full of resources that help us in our day to day lives. To make sure we can continue to use these resources, we must learn as much as we can about the nature of them. By integrating various datasets with FME, you can understand these resources more clearly to help make decisions that are helpful to both people and the environment.
Understand All Perspectives
It is crucial that before natural resource projects are implemented that social, economic, and environmental concerns have been considered. Convert and integrate various data exactly how you need them to make sure you have as much data and information as you need to make the best decisions possible.
Automatically Generate Specialized Reports
Natural resources stakeholders vary from CEOs to scientists to members of the public. Each party has definitive interests and requires an assortment of information delivered in clear-cut ways. Generate specific reports with various pieces of information to ensure your information is communicated clearly no matter who you’re speaking to.
Assess Spatial Variables
To make use of a natural resource you must understand the environmental and spatial variables around it. Use satellite imagery or other geospatial data in raster or vector formats to get a full understanding of a natural resource. Share these maps with those in the field so that they are informed of their exact surroundings.
Embrace Online Data Distribution
There is plenty of rich data that can (and should!) be incorporated into the natural resource data that your team has collected. Once data has been consolidated, you can also share your finalized data, reports, or even visualizations with the public as well. Re-use your workflows when needed to keep your data structure consistent.
Customer Stories
Natural Resources Canada
Natural Resources Canada first started using FME in 1998 for simple translations and cartographic processes, but the team soon learned how much potential FME really had. FME now plays a key role in the validation, integration, and dissemination of spatial data.
U.S. Forest Service
It’s no surprise that the U.S. Forest Service has various, complicated geospatial service needs as well as many partners and customers that they work with. To ensure that everyone’s needs are always met, they use FME to run powerful, sustainable, and efficient workflows that integrate disparate data and to generate reports.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry manages thousands of entries on natural species in the province and is responsible for both the Natural Heritage Information Centre (NHIC) and Land Information of Ontario (LIO). With FME, they can automatically convert datasets and send them through validation workflows so that they’re ready for whoever needs them.
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