Safe Software Tech Talk & Info Session

Speaker: Dale Lutz, Co-Founder

About Safe Software

Safe Software is the maker of FME® and the global leader in spatial data transformation technology. FME empowers users to confidently transform data so it can be shared for use by anyone who needs it, exactly how they need it. Available in seven languages, FME's unmatched transformation capabilities and support for 275+ spatial and non-spatial formats enable you to quickly overcome data challenges so you can focus on your objectives.

Title: Surveying the Trends in Geospatial Data: From Pixels to Point Clouds

The past 20 years have seen incredible changes in how Geospatial Data is collected, transformed, visualized, and used. From tapes with Kilobytes of simple raster datasets, to diskettes with 2D CAD files, to spatial databases, to 3D cities, to Gigabyte point clouds, to coming inside our buildings with BIM models; there has never been such a wealth and diversity of information available to answer the question "Where?".  The presentation will explore these developments and examine the direction of recent industry trends (from the desktop, to the server, to the cloud, to the handset) through the lens of Safe Software, the Canada-based maker of FMER and the experts in spatial data transformation.