About FME Server

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1 Q) What is FME Server? 1 A) FME Server 2010 enables organizations to quickly share spatial data using flexible web-based distribution and loading services. FME Servers key capabilities include: 1.1 Q) Does FME Server run Workspaces created in FME Workbench? 2 A) Yes, FME Server makes using of FME Workbench our popular and proven authoring environment for spatial data translations. To author and publish workspaces to FME Server, you will need a separate authoring environment (FME Desktop). 2.1 Q)What if I have FME SpatialDirect already and want to upgrade to FME Server? 3 A) Current FME SpatialDirect AMC holders are welcome to upgrade to FME Server.

Q) What is FME Server?

A) FME Server 2010 enables organizations to quickly share spatial data using flexible web-based distribution and loading services. FME Servers key capabilities include:

1. Data Distribution - Organizations can quickly deploy data distribution services using FME Server's Data Download Service
2. Data Upload and Validation - FME Server's Data Upload and Job Submitter Services allow spatial data managers to quickly deploy services for loading and validating spatial data
3. Live Data Feeds - FME Server's Data Steaming Service can be deploed out of the box to stream data live in numerous formats including PDF, GeoRSS, GeoJSON, and KML for using as KML Network Link
4. OGC Services - Web Feature (WFS) and Web Mapping (WMS) Services can be quickly created with FME Server's OGC Services

To read more about FME Server, visit our website (http://www.safe.com/products/server/keyfeatures.php).

Q) Does FME Server run Workspaces created in FME Workbench?

A) Yes, FME Server makes using of FME Workbench our popular and proven authoring environment for spatial data translations. To author and publish workspaces to FME Server, you will need a separate authoring environment (FME Desktop).

Q)What if I have FME SpatialDirect already and want to upgrade to FME Server?

A) Current FME SpatialDirect AMC holders are welcome to upgrade to FME Server.

Please see the fmePedia article Upgrading_from_SpatialDirect_to_FME_Server_2010.

FME SpatialDirect functionality is still available in FME Server but you'll want to utilize FME Server's Data Download Service and some of the great new things we have added to FME Server:

• FME Server is workspace driven. Deploying workspaces for file download or any other service is very straight-forward.
• FME Server provides other services in addition to file download such as Stream Download, KML Network Link and File Upload.
• FME Server 2010 stores a repository of workspaces allowing services to query workspaces about items such as published parameters and feature types.
• FME Server will be more easily supported and upgraded in the future.