Safe Software Announces New Support for Statistics Formats

Safe Software has added support for statistics formats in FME, the leading spatial ETL (extract, transform and load) solution. This new support enables GIS professionals to easily move spatial data into statistics applications for analysis. Now organisations can gain an even more complete view of business information for improved planning, analysis and decision making.  

GIS professionals can also use FME to quickly bring geo-referenced statistical results back into their geographic information systems so they can visualise this information. This will equip decision makers with new intelligence that combines the power of GIS and statistics.

Introduced in response to customer requests and market feedback, FME's new support for popular statistics formats such as SPSS, R and SAS was developed in partnership with Circle Systems, the makers of Stat/Transfer (the industry-standard statistical data conversion product).

"We're pleased to be involved in this initiative to bring statistical insights to the GIS market," says Steven Dubnoff, President of Circle Systems. "This advancement will add the rich dimension of statistical analysis to the GIS professional's toolkit."

Safe Software will continue to expand its support for statistics data in FME through the coming year. The initial rollout can be experienced first-hand in the latest FME beta at www.safe.com/beta

"Our primary goal at Safe is to enable organisations to access data in the applications they want to use," says Dale Lutz, Vice President of Development at Safe Software. "Our new support for statistics formats is a major step towards bridging the interoperability gap between the worlds of statistical analysis and GIS."

FME enables users to translate data between a wide variety of data types including GIS, CAD, database, 3D/BIM, raster, web, and now statistics. Users can also manipulate and integrate their data as required, providing end users with spatially-enabled data they need to use. For over 16 years, Safe Software has empowered GIS professionals to overcome interoperability barriers so that spatial data can be accessed when, where and how it is needed. Organisations interested in learning more can visit www.safe.com.