Geoinformation in the UNESCO World Heritage of Bamberg
FME for data manipulation evolved from a one-time tool into a central data hub in the public administration of the city of Bamberg.
With the conversion of the projection system from GK to UTM, around a thousand zoning plans, orthophotos, georeferenced TIFFs and much more had to be converted. Coordinate transformation was also required for data in other formats such as SHP, SDF, DWG. It was important to the city of Bamberg to handle this service in-house and not outsource it to external companies. It was therefore decided to use FME and subsequently used it to handle all things that could be implemented automatically. axmann supported the implementation with on-site training and consulting. This way, the optimal workflow could be found for any requirement.
The importance of data management is increasing
During ongoing operations, it is important to be able to easily switch between individual formats depending on customer needs. FME is used more often each week to manipulate geospatial data and is increasingly taking on a central role in data management. Above all, the documentation, control and validation of data is becoming more and more an issue in public administration.
The features that users find particularly useful are:
- Data analytics
- Data transformations
- View multiple files together to check the context
- Simplicity of the application
Sneak peek into the future
FME will probably become even more important for future requirements in the direction of Smart City, City GML and data catalog. The more automation is established, the more a server solution becomes interesting in order to allow certain processes to run automatically in a controlled manner.
This is what Karl-Heinz Schramm, Town-Planning Service/City Government Bamberg, says about FME:
" FME was one of the most important investments in a long time.”
