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Hello,

this time I do not come up with a problem but with a request for ideas/opinions etc.

The scenario:

static geographic locations, where samples are taken on a regular and irregular basis are hold in different database environments such as Oracle Spatial and Smallworld Data Stores.

 

The measuring values are hold in an Oracle non-geographic environment. There is an ID that connects both "worlds" (yeeepie!). Probably there will also be non-static sample places (ad hoc samples) in the future whose positions are not yet stored anywhere. Here, the question how the data will be georeferenced, has to be answered first. For this scenario I exclude these sample positions.

The idea now is to join both worlds (geographic and non-geographic data) and visualize it in a map environment.

 

Visualize in this context means:

- overlay the sample positions with any WMS (own and third party)

 

- delimit the sample positions by location and / or attribute(s)

 

- select which type of, e.g. biological parameter, is to be displayed

 

- delimit the measurement values which are connented to the sample positions by time period (from date- to date, e.g. slide bar) and calculating various statistical values (displayed as diagrams)

 

- automatically highlight positions where certain measurements exceed a threshold

 

- whenever there is a change in a measurement value it should be available in the visualization environment (live or, say, every hour)

I am aware of the need for any FME-Smallworld connector. There will definately be the need for an authentification process. We are currently using FME Desktop Professional 2017.

Any ideas/suggestions/opinions/similar project descriptions etc. are highly appreciated.

Our playground shows several examples of using websockets to update web maps: FME Server Demo Playground.

On the Smallworld front: you will need an FME for Smallworld edition. More details of FME & Smallworld can be found in the article FME and Smallworld Configuration Options


Our playground shows several examples of using websockets to update web maps: FME Server Demo Playground.

On the Smallworld front: you will need an FME for Smallworld edition. More details of FME & Smallworld can be found in the article FME and Smallworld Configuration Options

Hi @MarkAtSafe

 

thanks a lot for your reply. I was already aware of the FME playground. The "Live Spatial Dashboard" example called my attention.

 

I think this could be a good basis. However, I wonder whether the other stated criterias could be met using FME Server or FME in general?

 

I am particularly interested in the generation of, e.g. pie charts, reflecting a selected metric varying across spatial region, time span and/or attribute value.

 

The user interaction should be realized,e.g., by slide bars and select boxes, radio buttons and date pickers. Could Tableau be used to create the pie charts or donut charts? Or are java script libraries the better choice?

 

ArcGIS for example offers a dashboard funcionality. Could this also be realised using FME?

 

I don't want anyone to come up here with a costfree consultancy! Maybe my questions are formulated to broadly? If this is the case, pls. let me know.

 


Our playground shows several examples of using websockets to update web maps: FME Server Demo Playground.

On the Smallworld front: you will need an FME for Smallworld edition. More details of FME & Smallworld can be found in the article FME and Smallworld Configuration Options

FME does have tools for creating HTML reports, but if you're looking for more dynamic reporting or dashboards I think you probably need to be investigating BI applications such as Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik. FME can be used to do the data preparation as illustrated in this great webinar: Tips & Tricks for Using FME for Business Intelligence by Laura Wu and Liz Sanderson

 

 


FME does have tools for creating HTML reports, but if you're looking for more dynamic reporting or dashboards I think you probably need to be investigating BI applications such as Tableau, PowerBI, Qlik. FME can be used to do the data preparation as illustrated in this great webinar: Tips & Tricks for Using FME for Business Intelligence by Laura Wu and Liz Sanderson

 

 

Hi @MarkAtSafe,

 

sorry for not having reacted to your last post until now. We just had to make up our minds!

 

In summary: we understand now, that our key problem is more data related rather than a problem of how to visualize the data. Therefore we will follow the idea of getting all the data together, consolidate and enrich it whenever necessary. Great job for FME, I think!

 

The consolidated data will then be stored in any geodatabase. The visualisation solution, regardless which product will be choosen, access the updated and consolidated data for visualisation purposes.

 

 

Mark, thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts about this topic with me!

 

 

 


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