<s>
FME	B-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Feature	O
Manipulation	O
Engine	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
geospatial	O
extract	O
,	O
transformation	O
and	O
load	O
software	O
platform	O
developed	O
and	O
maintained	O
by	O
Safe	O
Software	O
of	O
British	O
Columbia	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FME	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
and	O
evolved	O
out	O
of	O
a	O
successful	O
bid	O
by	O
the	O
founders	O
of	O
Safe	O
Software	O
,	O
Don	O
Murray	O
and	O
Dale	O
Lutz	O
,	O
for	O
a	O
Canadian	O
Government	O
contract	O
to	O
monitor	O
logging	O
activities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
base	O
product	O
is	O
FME	B-Application
Desktop	O
;	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
standalone	O
software	O
package	O
with	O
an	O
interface	O
that	O
enables	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
graphically	O
build	O
workflows	O
for	O
data	O
translation	O
,	O
automation	O
,	O
and	O
format	O
and	O
coordinate	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FME	B-Application
Server	O
is	O
an	O
'	O
on	O
premise	O
 '	O
solution	O
that	O
permits	O
on	O
demand	O
server	O
based	O
instantiations	O
of	O
tailored	O
FME	B-Application
workflows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FME	B-Application
Cloud	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
FME	B-Application
Server	O
however	O
is	O
hosted	O
'	O
as	O
needed	O
 '	O
in	O
the	O
AWS	B-Application
Cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FME	B-Application
data	O
transformation	O
workflows	O
typically	O
consist	O
of	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
'	O
building	O
blocks	O
 '	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
number	O
of	O
readers	O
,	O
writers	O
and	O
transformers	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
an	O
FME	B-Application
workflow	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
software	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
FME	B-Application
engine	O
and	O
workflows	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
data	O
interoperability	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
the	O
FME	B-Application
software	O
was	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
What3Words	O
geolocation	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
FME	B-Application
has	O
an	O
estimated	O
0.32	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
software	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
FME	B-Application
include	O
routing	O
for	O
emergency	O
fire	O
response	O
,	O
and	O
backend	O
data	O
quality	O
management	O
and	O
sub-surface	O
modelling	O
for	O
infrastructure	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FME	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
platform	O
for	O
BIM	B-Architecture
data	O
exchange	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
spatial	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
