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mapnut
mapnut
asked in Authoring
FME Executing system commands

Hi All,  I have a FME Workbench which runs every night via a scheduled Windows process which looks at a MapInfo TAB file which has been edited during that day by users.  It QAs the data and then spits out the "good" elements to a Production area for use by the orginisation the following day.  This workbench works fine.  We can run it manually and the process executes perfectly.  The problem is that over the past few nights the process has failed to execute because it fails to read the TAB from the editing directory.  We have checked the system logs and it seems that (different) users have left their computers on overnight with the file open...  My question is (finally) can FME execute any "system" commands?  We obviously want to kick any users off who have a lock on these files and I just wanted to know if we can write it into the workbench.  There is some talk in the office here about using some Python to do it, but I have only dabbled in it and am not really sure

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mel
Contributor
11 years ago
owen
owen
asked in Authoring
Dynamic writer user attributes

I have a workspace that writes out an excel file using a dynamic writer, to which I have added some user attributes.  The output puts the user attributes at the end of the dynamic schema attributes, ie, in the last columns of each excel worksheet.  Is there a way to control the order of these field using a dynamic writer?

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owen
11 years ago
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rickyt
asked in Transformers
VOXET Import and Export

Hi There,  Are there any ways of reading VOXET models into FME from Geosoft Oasis Montaj?  If so, can these be exported into useable formats into GOCAD?  Regards Ricky  

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R
11 years ago
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ojohano
asked in Transformers
Quick Translator 2013 dialog box

Hi,   With earlier versions of FME I have always saved .fme files that I  launch with a .bat file.  Now in FME 2013 when I start a .fme file it always start up a dialog box and I need to confirm all paths used in the file. This means that I am not able to start a .fme thru a .bat file.  Is there a good work a rount och setting that can help me?  //Johan  

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O
11 years ago
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seshu
asked in Transformers
Merging attributes of 2 records

Hi All,  As per the answer in the path " https://safe.secure.force.com/AnswersQuestionDetail?id=906a0000000chYcAAI ", I was succeed to get the overalapped features at the start and end nodes of a linear feature. But the overalpped features are getting as two separate records. My requirement is to combine the attributes of overlapped feature with the linear feature attributes. I used aggregator to combine atributes, but it is not worked correctly. Can any one please suggest the correct approach.  Thanks, Seshu

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davideagle
Contributor
11 years ago
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gisballarat
asked in Transformers
Raster Mosaic

Hi All,  I am using the raster mosaicker with lots of jpeg images (aerial imagery), but they are all at different resolutions eg: 7cm, 15cm and for different areas.  When I mosaic them the higher resolution images drop back to the equivelent of the lowest resolution.  How can I keep all the resolutions the same but also mosaic them into the one file?  Cheers

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
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sudhakar
asked in Transformers
Application Crash error

During exporting Smallworld 4.1.2 data to shape file using FME Workbench 2011, for some objects it is crashing.  It gives message "FME EXE has stopped working"       Problem signature:     Problem Event Name:        APPCRASH     Application Name:        fme.exe     Application Version:        2011.0.0.6538     Application Timestamp:        4e5c7d57     Fault Module Name:        SWORLDSWAF.dll     Fault Module Version:        1.0.0.11     Fault Module Timestamp:        45d5ddec     Exception Code:        c0000005     Exception Offset:        0000f896     OS Version:        6.1.7600.2.0.0.18.10     Locale ID:        1033     Additional Information 1:        0a9e     Additional Information 2:        0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789     Additional Information 3:        0a9e     Additional Information 4:        0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789     I tried using FME Universal and FME data inspector, it is crashing with above error.   Also I tried using service = "FMENOFAC

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S
11 years ago
ebygomm
Contributor
ebygommContributor
asked in Transformers
FeatureReader, adding multiple files

I have an issue with the FeatureReader. Within the FeatureReader Parameter dialogue I'm adding multiple Mapinfo files, and choosing to select all FeatureTypes on the next screen. When I run the workspace only one file is read and when I return to the FeatureReader Parameters it only lists the parent directory of one file, rather than the individual files selected .  If I add a directory and then just choose some FeatureTypes the reader works as expected and I get multiple outputs.  If I add multiple directories then only files from one directory are read.  Am I trying to do something that's not possible, or am I missing a setting or similar somewhere?  ( FME 2012 (20120115 -- Build 122212 - WIN32) ) 

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ebygomm
Contributor
11 years ago
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ah_lang
asked in Transformers
How to do generalization according to scale

Hi, i'm new here ..  I got problem to do generalize from 10k scale data to 25k & 50K scale. Some of the generalize building will intersect with the generalize road, I give the fme template sample, plz correct and guide me the right way to do the generalization. Currently im using FME2013 to create the fme template sample.  Thank You FME template sample link https://www.dropbox.com/s/s9wg2ubr6tkepcw/script.fmwt

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
M
msmgis
asked in Data
MapInfo polygon order

Hi, I have created a workbench to translate British OS Mastermap from gml to .tab which works fine and I have multiple MapInfo. Tab outputs.  I also have a combined topography. tab which has all the features present but some building features are above land features and vice versa I have tried sorting prior to and after testing and styling but I have not been able to place all building feature above land features, fairly new to FME so any suggestions would be greatly received.  Thanks in advance  M

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M
11 years ago
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seshu
asked in Transformers
Browse Connected Features

Hi,  I have a requirement of browsing  the connected point features at start and end nodes of a linear feature in shape file. I am trying with "Intersector" transformer to browse the connected feature, but it not works as per our requirement. Can any one please provide the correct approach of finding the connected point features.  Thanks, Seshu

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S
11 years ago
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guido_s
asked in Authoring
WGS84 Elipsoid parameters

Dear All,   I have made some ascii grids in different software packages. I used a lambert confomal conical projection, with de WGS84 as coordinate system.   The three software packages used different elipsoid parameters: Global Mapper: Semimajor Axis: 6378137.0; Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314245 ESRI: Semimajor Axis: 6378137.0; Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314245179 FME: Semimajor Axis: 6378137.0; Semiminor Axis: 6356752.3142  Can anyone explain me the consequences of these differences? The grids can be 1000 km in length. And maybe somebody also knows why the software packages have used these different parameters?   Hope you can clarify.   Kind regards,   Guido    

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
geolassi
Contributor
geolassiContributor
asked in Data
Ignore Failed Readers when reading a Zip file with FME 2013 b13261

Hi!  I'm trying to set up a workspace with three Readers: TAB, MIF/MID and Shape. I've published a parameter, which contains the path to a zip file. The zip file could contain either TAB, MIF/MID or Shape files. If the zip file has only Shape files, the TAB Reader fails and gives an error. I would like FME to ignore failing readers. Setting up the parameter Ignore Failed Readers to Yes doesn't seem to have an effect.  BR, Lassi

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
Z
z77
asked in Data
Why do file geodatabase and SDE readers produce different fme_geometry types?

  I have one very simple workbench that I am running against both SDE (9.3) and FGDB (10.0) sources.   I noticed two different fme_geometry values for same type of objects.   For the first one, i.e SDE 9.3, I have fme_geometry=fme_donut, but for the same features in FGDB 10.0 I have fme_geometry=fme_aggregate.   Is this a "problem" of converting ESRI data from 9.3 to 10.0 or how FME interprets geometry?   Because in case of fme_aggregate, FME is doing "additional" job of constructing donuts again:  Calculating inside points Determining uppermost containment Constructing donuts from xxx points    (Visible in log window)

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Z
11 years ago
E
endest
asked in Integration
FME 2013 Startup question and suggest

Hi,  FME 2013 may connect to amazon AWS cloud service to update some data like FME Store or something else. And I donn't know if the reason is Chinese network, just like we always cann't browse Youtube, Twitter, etc, and have problems to use any Google services from time to time. I have to spend a few minutes to startup FME 2013 for some times. But if I disable my network or use firewall to block FME to connect WWW, it gets normal.  So would this problem be fixed by doing some modified to the stage of connecting web? Thanks.

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
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jeremy
asked in Authoring
FME - Blue Marble HTDP Integration?

Does the new Blue Marble intergation allow for Horizontal Time Dependent Positioning (HTDP) reprojections? The blue marble software does allow for this type of transformation and I want to know if FME can take advantage of this if I have Blue Marble installed.

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P
11 years ago
jakethepainter
Contributor
jakethepainterContributor
asked in Transformers
Zipped mdb error

Just tried to write out to a .zip file for the first time in 2013.  It is a personal geodatabase (mdb).  When I use WinZip to unzip it, I get the following error which causes the unzipping to fail:    Extracting to "C:\\Documents and Settings\\eej2013\\Local Settings\\Temp\\" Use Path: no   Overlay Files: yes For file "AvistaFacility.mdb", the time stamp in the central directory is invalid, using the current system time instead. For file "AvistaFacility.mdb", the time stamp in the local directory is invalid, using the current system time instead. Extracting AvistaFacility.mdb Error:  invalid compressed data to inflate    Anyone else having trouble or know what I'm doing wrong or if there's a bug?    FNE 20130109 - Build 13261 - WIN32

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sigtill
Contributor
11 years ago
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rvgeneug
asked in Data
PostGIS writer multipolygon issue

Hi,  I have an existing multipolygon PostGIS table. The entry in the geometry_columns is multipolygon and there are constraints on the table (2d, multipolygon and SRS).  1. When trying to write some features from a shapefile reader, only the single part polygons are written to the table. The multipart polygons get following warning: Geometry might not be representable in requested form  The allowed geometries parameter in the writer is set to "postgis_multipolygon".  2. In QGIS I can open the table and view the single part polygons that are written to the table, but the geometry column of the features is empty.  Found some similar topics in the FME talk but these are not really solving my problem.  Any ideas?  Thx, Rob

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R
11 years ago
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z77
asked in Transformers
Interpret 10.1 data as 10.0

Maybe not so important but I would like to know why does FME interpret data 10.1 as 10.0? I am reading 10.1 data but at the log file writes:    ...Installed ArcGIS version is '10.1'  ...  ... ...File Geodatabase release: '10.0'

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Z
11 years ago
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geospatiallover
asked in Authoring
Possibilities on data maintenance workflow

Here's my workflow scenario: 1. Vendor uploads multiple county parcels into FTP server  - file is submited by county 2. Running on a scheduled task, FME unpacks and downloads each county parcel  3. Each zip file is unpacked and stored in a shared folder with county sub folders.  4. New feature classes are added in either in SDE or FGDB 5. Feature classes are added to an existing MXD using a layer file template 6. MXD is saved as MSD (perhaps overwrite an existing one) 7. MSD is then updated into ArcGIS server as a web mapping service  County parcels are in FGDB and SHP. Only the FCs in the FGDB will be merged into a single store for all county FCs delivered. New deliverables are received weekly and updated quarterly.  I'm thinking of using Python in FME for the functionalities that will translate the MXD, MSD, and layer files.  This involves almost 160 county parcels and 4M records that's why it would be good to automate this workflow.

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G
11 years ago
barrett_h
Contributor
barrett_hContributor
asked in Transformers
GeoRSS and XMLFlattener

Hi all,  I haven't worked with XML in FME much so forgive me if this is a simple question. I have a GeoRSS feed that I would like to bring into FME, manipulate it then output into SQL Server 2008.  The main aim is to get data from our state fire authority website overlayed in my organisation's enterprise GIS as this information is of particular interest duing the high fire danger period that we are currently in.  I can't figure out how to manipulate the GeoRSS feed so that it can be processed using the XMLFlattener transformer (assuming this is the best way to extract the information in the feed).  The GeoRSS feed is: http://osom.cfa.vic.gov.au/public/osom/IN_COMING.rss  Any help or hints would be appreciated.  Cheers, Bazza

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barrett_h
Contributor
11 years ago
C
charlie
asked in Data
Change Detector with Personal Geodatabase

I am using the Change Detector to compare changes between a feature class in SDE and a feature class in a personal geodatabase.  I am running into a problem with the output from the Change Detector transformer when using the personal geodatabase feature class.  I have tried to run this transformer comparing an SDE feature class with a shapefile and the output is what I would have expected.  With the personal geodatabase feature class however I receive incorrect results.  I am only comparing geometry changes and ignoring changes to attributes at the moment.    If anyone could provide any guidance on this matter, then I would really appreciate it.  Thank you!

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C
11 years ago
M
marks
asked in Data
Google Fusion Tables API is changing and this will affect FME Google Fusion readers & writers

Google has announced that the Google Fusion Tables SQL API is being deprecated and replaced by the Google Fusion Tables API v1.0. This will occur on or around 14 January 2013.  The main API change is the move to OAuth 2.0  This means that existing FME Google Fusion readers & writers will not be able to access your Google Fusion tables.  All new FME 2013 Versions (after build 13261) will support the new OAuth 2.0 authorisation.  If you have problems connecting to your Google Fusion tables please contact Safe support

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fmelizard
Contributor
11 years ago
M
morten
asked in Data
PostGIS writer

Hi there  I have looked at the FME workbench help for the postgis writer and in the old FME talk group, but haven't found a clear answer to my issue...  How do i define the following using the postgis writer in FME Workbench 2012 SP3: - Database name - Schema name - Table name - Encoding  The same question when using fanout by attribute.

3
M
11 years ago
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aurelis_w
asked in Transformers
Faro Laserscanner Focus 3D - -converter in FME

Hello together, I have data of the laser scanner in FME, Faro focus 3D - there a possibility this data in   ArcGIS 3D or ESRI CityEngine 2012   export - converter in FME / or other means of   Thank you to all

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C
11 years ago

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