Question

Launch workspace from MapInfo?

  • 14 November 2012
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HI,

 

 

We're an ESRI shop, but I have some colleagues that run river modelling software that is closely linked with MapInfo.

 

 

They want to batch process raster grids that emerge from the models (raster cell calculations and polygon and surface creation).

 

 

Is it possible to define an FME workspace and then trigger that from within MapInfo, like it would be by creating a 'Spatial ETL Tool' in ArcGIS?

 

 

Thanks,

 

Ian

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If the FME workspace is premade and the variables are the datasets produced by Mapinfo, then yes it would be possible.

 

 

You could create a small MapBasic program that would run your Mapinfo modelling process (or manually run after it has finished) which would pass the relevant datasets to the FME workspace via command line.

 

You would need the "run program" statement and the command line info FME gives you when you start running a workbench.

 

 

davideagle
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Another option that might work would be to 'extend' MapInfo Professional with your FME license. FME and MapInfo would need to be installed on the same machine and you use the FME Integration Console (http://fmepedia.safe.com/articles/FAQ/FME-Integration-Console-and-Windows-User-Acount-Control-in-FME-Desktop-2011) to do the license extend. Then build a workspace to do the job in FME and save it as a custom format.

 

 

http://fmepedia.safe.com/articles/Samples_and_Demos/What-is-a-Custom-Format

 

 

If you fast forward through this movie to 39minutes in you'll see an example of the process in MapInfo:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c_zGs9HjCA&feature=plcp

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