FME Platform Overview

Safe Software's FME is the only true spatial ETL (extract, transform and load) platform that helps you easily solve the complete spectrum of data interoperability challenges, including managing proprietary and evolving data formats, adapting to new schemas and lack of standards and difficulties accessing, restructuring, integrating and distributing data.

FME provides support for over 200 GIS, CAD, raster and database formats to let you seamlessly translate, transform, integrate and distribute your spatial data in hundreds of formats - while improving efficiency, reducing costs and lowering risks.

With the flexibility and power of the FME platform, you can quickly and easily:

  • Enable spatial data migration / translation projects
  • Exchange spatial data between CAD and GIS systems
  • Distribute spatial data to multiple user communities
  • Extend the lifetime of legacy systems through data interoperability
  • Supply spatial data to web applications
  • Federate data from disparate database systems
  • Transform data from one data model to another

Address the Complete Spectrum of Spatial ETL Tasks

FME is the only solution available that can truly address the complete range of spatial ETL tasks you may need to perform when solving your data interoperability challenges:

Data Translation

Use FME to quickly translate data to/from over 200 GIS, CAD, raster and database formats, while viewing and inspecting these translations at any step in the process.

Data Transformation

Transform the geometry of your data as it moves from the source system to a destination system with FME's gallery of hundreds of transformers.

Data Integration

Integrate data in different formats and data structures with complete control by using the advanced data transformation capabilities offered by FME.

Data Distribution

Enable large amounts of spatial data to be efficiently distributed over the Web with FME's flexible web services and powerful batch processing capabilities. End users can easily access the most current spatial data in the format and coordinate system of their choice - without increasing the burden on your GIS or IT teams.

FME Solutions


FME Desktop

Use our flexible and powerful desktop solution to easily translate, transform and integrate spatial data in any format or application.

FME Server

Provide more efficient access to your spatial data by users both inside and outside your organization with FME Server.

Developer Tools

Customize, integrate, embed and extend FME for use in any environment with flexible development tools from Safe Software.

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