If you (and Dale) don't mind, a few comments and suggestions, for all our users and evaluators...
> > ...and our support folks will be > > pleased to point out what when we receive some data. > > I sent it yesterday to Drew (my sales person) and his assistant. I > still haven't heard anything. I know that Drew is (or was) on vacation. It's better to post technical queries to [EMAIL PROTECTED] directly since there'll always be someone available to help. > > Lastly, the SWF writer is a format that is not widely used at > > all, so I'm sure we could improve. > > It's not just the SWF writer. The shape writer messed up too. The > DXF writer seemed to work and the GML writer is pretty solid. This > tells me that I'm doing things correctly but the writers for the > formats that I need have some serious problems. Although Shape is a "simple" format there are still pitfalls for the unwary and coaxing multiple outputs is also tricky. We'd have to see the log and workspace to be sure what is happening. > > In general though, we'd recommend that new users go through the > > tutorial... > > I did that. It is very, very basic. We're just trying to get a new user started here, not cover all the reader/writer/transformer combinations (which runs into the millions). > > There are also several "movies"... > > I've been through them too. They are sales tools, not really > tutorials at all. I wonder if you're looking in the right location. For sure we do have a number of sales movies, but there are some created by the support team (and trust me, we're not the sales type). See... http://www.safe.com/support/demos/index.php > > It does take some work up front, but many have found the effort > > worth while. Good luck! > > I'm honestly a little shocked by this experience. Maybe I'm just > coming from a much different place and I'm not a normal GIS type of > person. I just got the GlobalMap product demo and it did a fine job > of tiling my data - and it costs $249. Of course, their product > does a lot less but at least it worked. That's disappointing. It's difficult to defend our product without making it sound like a) we're blaming you, b) we don't care and c) it can't be our fault because FME is 100% perfect. None of these are true. But FME does have an incredible range of functionality, sometimes you just have to dig a little to find how to make it work for your exact situation. Mark Mark Ireland, Product Support Engineer Safe Software Inc. Surrey, BC, CANADA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.safe.com Solutions for Spatial Data Translation, Distribution and Access Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
