Using #FME to mash open data into #OSM addresses

While this video is not strictly related to Smallworld, it does describe mashing open data from various sources into something usable in a destination database. The "Big World" forum at the #swuc recently covered the area of open data and I thought this might be of interest to some of you out there.

In this case, the demo takes open parcel and address information from the Boulder City and Boulder County (Colorado, USA), processes it with FME and writes data into a format that can be uploaded into OpenStreetMap for the world to see.

Smallworld Latin America Users Conference #swgis #swuc

I learned today that Smallworld will be hosting a Latin America Users Conference later this year. What a great idea! I likely won't be attending but would love to hear feedback from attendees. I'd be interested to see if Latin American attendees are more avid Tweeters. Please tweet on under #swuc. I guess now is a good time to get familiar with http://translate.google.com :)

Here is the announcement I received from Smallworld...

Please mark your calendars.

GE Energy will host a Smallworld Latin America Users Conference November 30-December 1 in São Paulo, Brazil.

The venue will be CENESP (Centro Empresarial de São Paulo) on Avenida Maria Coelho Aguiar 215 - Bloco G, 2nd Floor

v Join fellow customers, channels, third party companies related to our industry, and GE staff.

v Listen to industry presentations, case studies, and product announcements.

v Spend time at the Exhibition to learn about the latest software developments and innovations.

v Network and socialize with colleagues from across the Latin America.

v Simultaneous translations to be provided for Spanish and Portuguese.

Please RSVP to Denise Buciotti Coelho by phone +55 11 3067-8223 or email denise.coelho@ge.com.

New Smallworld Twitter Hashtag #swgis

Mark Field at Smallworld GIS Wiki suggests that the Twitter hashtag we use for all things Smallworld be #swgis instead of #sworld. The #swgis tag is shorter and not prone to use in other domains. I heartily agree with his suggestion and will use #swgis going forward.