Doctored StrangArc: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Workbench
Date
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Presenters
David van Blankenstein
Presenter Company
Forte Consulting Ltd
City
Vancouver
Event
FME World Tour 2011
Session Type
User
Industry
Software/Technology
Presentation Details
A (possibly) humorous discussion on the evolution of GIS, FME and Workbench. Having observed first hand the evolution of GIS and technology over three decades my initial reaction to the workbench was "What is this for? Why do we need the Workbench? Mapping files are great! What next? Full screen editors? ". Well, I am a convert now and here is why.
Legacy Data is traditional and values the wisdom of the past. He’s the go-to for office lore and frequently reminisces about ‘the early days’. His fax number is still operational and his office shelves are filled with paper files, plus a floppy disk or two (or twenty). Find him by the water cooler solving a Rubik’s cube or recollecting on how things used to be done. Just don’t ask him to download your pdf or move to the cloud.