Hi everyone,
It's Mark here with all the FME news that I can find for this week.
FME Data Express v1.4.0
The latest version of the FME Data Express app is now available. Apart from the usual bug fixes (we try not to include any, but they will sneak in) there is also better geometry parameter support, the location picker now remembers zoom levels and map types, and there is new search functionality in the repository list. As always you can find it on both the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store, so give it a try. It's a great way to run workspaces on Server from a mobile device.
FME Server Microsoft .NET API
I'm told that the Microsoft .NET API for FME Server is going to be deprecated and removed from the product for FME Server 2021. The technical reason is that the .NET API is incompatible with new updates to Server, and the work to bring it up to speed can't be justified.
So, if you're using this API, we strongly recommend that you take the steps to transition to using the REST API now. If you need more information you can always contact us through our support pages and Live Chat.
FME on Mac OS Big Sur
Have you upgraded your Mac OS to Big Sur yet? It appears that with that configuration, FME refuses to launch in the usual way. It still works, but for the moment there's a small workaround required, that you can find out about in this article.
Tweets of the Week
A couple of things caught my eye this week. Firstly this tweet about how great the InlineQuerier transformer is:
It really is a useful transformer and you should probably give it a go.
Secondly, there's this tweet - well, actually the project that it refers to:
A way to project a map onto a real-world 3D model, with the data processed by FME. That's pretty amazing.
Coming Up Soon...
There are a few events coming up soon that you may want to be aware of...
The first is a webinar on leveraging data integration to predict the spread of Covid-19. It's an important topic (well, duh!) and a very interesting one, but beyond that, the webinar will cover how BlueDot used Enterprise Integration Patterns and Dynamic FME Engines, both of which are hot topics in FME.
Secondly, our annual partner event is taking place next week. I look forward to seeing some of you, albeit online.
And finally... we're running a Twelve Days of FME contest starting on December 2nd. There'll be 12 challenges spread across the month, and I hope we'll have some awesome prizes to hand out too.