Marrying FME & ArcGIS: Automating GIS Workflows for Maximum Efficiency

What happens when the honeymoon phase of tedious GIS workflows is over? How do you maintain a healthy relationship with your daily tasks? Automation is the key to a happy marriage!

Imagine transforming your GIS workflows from a time-consuming chore into an efficient, streamlined process. This webinar will address common GIS challenges and reveal how marrying FME & ArcGIS can enhance accuracy, improve efficiency, and reduce errors. You’ll learn how to seamlessly integrate FME with ArcGIS to automate your Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) workflows, freeing up your time for more strategic tasks.

Our special guest speakers, Stephanie Long, an award-winning GIS educator from Austin Community College, and Mike Long, a seasoned GIS professional from CapMetro, bring their wealth of experience to provide valuable insights and practical applications.

This session promises to equip you with the tools and knowledge to elevate your GIS workflows and embrace the power of automation today!

1. Marrying FME & ArcGIS:
Automating GIS Workflows
for Maximum Efficiency

2. Stephanie
Long

Professor & Associate Dean
Austin Community College

Mike
Long

Geospatial Data Engineer
CapMetro
Don
Murray

Co-Founder & CEO
Safe Software
Meet Our Presenters

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5. Agenda
1Setting the Stage
2Data Automation in ArcGIS - Workbench
3Python & JSON in Workbench
4Spatial Data & Automations
5Resources
6Q&A
Agenda

6. Poll:
How familiar are you
with FME?

7. 1
Setting the Stage

8. ArcGIS
The most trusted and comprehensive platform in geospatial technology.

1.Advanced Mapping: Powerful tools for creating detailed, interactive maps.
2.Industry-Specific Solutions: Tailored tools like ArcGIS Indoors for facility management
and ArcGIS Urban for city planning.
3.Enterprise Scalability: Scales effortlessly to meet the needs of any organization.
4.Continuous Innovation: Regular updates keep you ahead with the latest geospatial tools.

Esri also has industry-specific tools, such as ArcGIS Indoors, ArcGIS Urban, and many others,
which are examples of how ArcGIS is not just a general platform but also a specialized solution
across various sectors .

9. FME
FME is the only all data integration platform.

1.Unmatched Interoperability: Connects over 500 formats for seamless data integration.
2.Powerful Automation: Automate complex workflows without code.
3.Real-Time Processing: Enables instant insights with real-time data handling.
4.No-Code Interface: Empowers all users to manage data workflows easily.
5.Community Innovation: Continuously evolving with global community contributions.

FME connects, transforms, and automates data across countless systems, enabling
organizations to fully leverage their information and drive smarter decisions.

10. FME and ArcGIS
A powerful environment for integrating, automating, and analyzing all your data. They form
the most trusted and comprehensive data platform.

1.Seamless Integration: Connect all data for a unified business view.
2.Scalable Solutions: Consistent performance for any deployment size.
3.Automated Workflows: Streamline processes, boost efficiency.
4.Real-Time Insights: Instant data processing & visualization for quick decisions.
5.Holistic Decision Support: Make smarter decisions with comprehensive data.

11. Imagine decisions powered by FME powered seamless
integration of ArcGIS and the rest of your enterprise.
It isn’t about maps or data; it’s about transforming your
enterprise, automating workflows, and unlocking insights.
With ArcGIS and FME together, you’re not just
adapting—you’re leading.
Redefine how your organization sees and acts on data,
redefining what’s possible.

12. FME Flow Hosted
Safe Software managed FME Flow
The only All Data Enterprise Integration Platform
All data types and all data speeds.
FME Form FME Flow
The Authoring environment for all
workflows are built here.
The Deployment environment delivering
services to your organization.


fme.safe.com/platform
FME Enterprise Integration Platform
Safe & FME

13. Unrivalled Data Support

15. 2
Data Automation
in ArcGIS -
Workbench

16. Data Automation in ArcGIS - Workbench
Accessing FME in ArcGIS Pro

●ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load)
●FME (Feature Manipulation Engine)
●Workbench Integration
●ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension
○Analysis Ribbon > Workflows > Data Interop > Workbench

17. Workbench
Interface
Navigator
Parameter
Editor
Menus
Toolbar
Canvas
Transformer
Gallery
Translation
Log
Visual Preview

18. Visual Preview
Attributes and
Features

19. Readers, Transformers, and Writers
Flow of Canvas

20. Workbench Construction
Creation of Workflow in Canvas

21. Workbench vs ModelBuilder
Similarities

22. Workbench vs ModelBuilder
Similarities & A Major Difference

23. Data Transformation
Running and Inspecting Results

24. 3
Python &
JSON in
Workbench

25. Programming in FME
Python in Workbench

26. Online Data
JSON in Workbench

27. Creating GIS Data
JSON to Feature Class

28. 4
Spatial Data &
Automations

29. Spatial ETL Tools
Use Existing Workbenches
●Focus on Spatial Data
●User-Created

30. Automating Your Automations
Triggering Workbenches
●Triggers & Actions
○Manual
○Email
○Directory
○Webhook
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31. Extension vs Desktop
What’s the Difference?
ArcGIS Data
Interoperability
FME Form
Integration with ModelBuilder Yes Yes
Most up-to-date version FME At Time of
ArcGIS release
Yes
Operating systems Windows Windows, Mac, Linux
Technical support provided by Esri Safe Software
Training Esri Virtual CampusFree FME Training

32. OPEN COURSE ACCESS
Automating GIS Website

ArcGIS for Home Use

Free FME License

33. Marrying FME & ArcGIS
COURSE AUTHOR: STEPHANIE LONG, GISP
COURSE SME: MIKE LONG, GISP, FMEP

34. 5
CapMetro
Story: Sneak
Peek

35. CapMetro’s Story:
Sneak Peek!
●Project Overview
●Key Benefits of FME
●Solution: FME + ArcGIS!
●Results

36. 29+
27K+
128
190
20K+
years of solving data
challenges
FME Community
members
countries with
FME customers
organizations worldwide
global partners with
FME services
30+
29K+
128
140+
25K+
years of solving data
challenges
FME Community
members
countries with
FME customers
organizations worldwide
global partners with
FME services
200K+
users worldwide
Safe & FME

37. Safe Software is recognized as Customers’
Choice again in the 2024 Gartner Peer
Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Data
Integration Tools report.

We are now recognized as Customers’
Choice in North America and Midsize
Enterprise segments.
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38. 6
Resources

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Resources

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42. 7
Next Steps

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