Safe Software's Ken Bragg discusses a project that uses FME and Git to create an open data repository of GeoJSON files on Github that also serves as a collaborative mapping framework.

1. CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
Sharing Open Data on GitHub
with FME
Ken Bragg
European Services Manager

2. Sharing Open Data on GitHub
with FME
La Rioja, España

3. Government of Rioja Spain
Wave – Ola!
Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales
Gobierno de La Rioja
Ana García de Vicuña
&
Pablo Martínez Pérez

4. Second Year in a Row for La Rioja in
FME Stories Around the World
 FME World Tour 2013
RapidEye Imagery with FME
see blog.safe
 And who can forget their
amazing PDF Series from 2011!

5. Sharing Public Data
 Ide Rioja committed to sharing and
collaborating on public data.
 Spatial Data Sharing taken to the next level
 Creative Commons License
 Enter GitHub

6. What is GitHub?
 GitHub is a web-based Version Control System
(VCS) which records changes to a file or set of
files over time.
 Allows:
 commit files to a public repository
 revert files back to a previous state
 review changes made over time
 see who last modified something, and more...

7. Why GitHub?

8. How does FME Help?
 Of course an FME workspace translates data from
Oracle Spatial to GeoJSON for GitHub….
 But first!
 FME reads the layer list from GitHub using Python
Scripted Parameter – git pull
 the layer list determines which Oracle tables are
read and ultimately translated to GeoJSON

10. How does FME Help?
 And after!
 FME commits updated GeoJSON to GitHub in Shut
Down TCL Script – git push
 Scheduled Job on FME Server

11. How does FME Help?

12. Sharing Public Data

13. The Beauty of GeoJSON in GitHub
 GitHub supports automatic rendering of
GeoJSON repositories using Leaflet.js
 Looking ahead
 geojson.io a Chrome extension for
editing
 IDE Rioja plans open collaboration
on spatial data with GitHub
 FME can include links to image data
when writing GeoJSON (automatic
download service)

14. Summary
 State of Rioja has found a great way to share
open data on GitHub
 FME pulls the layer list from GitHub, translates
Oracle data to GeoJSON and commits data to
GitHub
 GeoJSON in GitHub is automatically displayed in
a web map viewer with leaflet.js
 Next steps – use GitHub to facilitate crowd
sourcing of some datasets
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.

15. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
Ken Bragg
Safe Software
ken.bragg@safe.com
@KenAtSafe
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.