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There is a good article in the June issue of GIS World which compares
Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) from Surrey, British Columbia,
Canada-based Safe Software, GeoMorph from Green Bay, Wis.-based Application
Software Technologies Inc. and Geographic Translator from Gardiner,
Maine-based Blue Marble Geographics.
 
It can be accessed on-line at :
http://www.geoplace.com/print/gw/1998/0698/698sdata.htm
 
- Gary Hubbs
 
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Gary Hubbs
Project Consultant (Mapping/GIS)
Loxley Intergraph (Thailand) Ltd.
Vongvanij Building B, 20th floor
100/2 Rama IX Road, Huay Kwang,
Bangkok 10320, Thailand
 
telephone :
(662) 645 0103-7, 645 0112-4 (extension 105)
fax :
(662) 645 0115
 
Websites :
http://www.intergraph.loxley.co.th
http://www.loxmap.loxinfo.co.th
 
 
At 12:08 PM 6/18/98 EDT, you wrote:
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>Dear All,
>
>I have recently been recommended FME (feature manipulation engine)
>for doing format conversions. It handles SHP, MIF, DXF, DWG, E00
>and many other formats as well as doing around 200 projections,
>datums and ellipsoids.
>
>I don't have a North American contact, but the UK suppliers
>is Dotted Eyes, 1C Plymouth Road, Barnt Green, Birmingham,
>B45 8JE. The Telephone number is +44 121 445 6161 which you
>can also use as a fax. Price is about 400 pounds I believe.
>
>regards
>
>Tim Rideout
>Bartholomew Mapping Services
>
>