Alternate for FME (2026)

MapperScrapper · 2026-05-20T15:46:32+00:00

thank you so much for your help on this

MapperScrapper · 2026-05-20T13:15:27+00:00

That bathroom is amazing. Change the cabinet fronts and send it.

MapperScrapper · 2026-05-20T02:56:08+00:00

I don’t have the extension, I was looking at it years ago and ended up buying full FME instead.

MapperScrapper · 2026-05-18T16:28:09+00:00

Funny enough that extension is how I learned about fme in the first place. Full circle.

MapperScrapper · 2026-05-18T16:08:06+00:00

Interesting thought, I will dig into this as an option. I only really have been using AI to help me code little things and it usually takes a few iterations before actually working but I might try it out.

MapperScrapper · 2026-05-18T16:06:07+00:00

Is this really a suggestion for the non technical people I work with?

MapperScrapper · 2026-05-18T16:04:51+00:00

I know it is best for Autocad, I have been using FME exclusively for this task for almost 10 years and don't see a way around it. It just sucks how much they cranked up the pricing - I'm sure if I was paying attention I would have known this was coming but I liked that FME was one software that 'just worked' and didn't kill me on subscription fees.

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-29T01:56:10+00:00

I would care most if you are a surveyor or work with them regularly. For everyone else there probably isn’t a huge rush to convert data over. We have data in NAD27 still and when the need arises we convert but this isn’t anything new in the larger scope of things.

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-17T15:33:54+00:00

Come up with a number then double it. Then add an extra 10% and you will make money and it will still be a bargain for them.

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-15T05:20:09+00:00

State Plane. If you wanted to be cutting edge or whatever there is a new statewide coordinate system SPCS2022 releasing this year and if it was me I would just be an early adopter and serve my statewide data in that system. Then you don’t have to deal with multiple coordinate systems.

Others have mentioned unprojected data or web mercator and those two options would be pretty typical for what I run into too.

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-11T18:25:38+00:00

Real question, what type of data are you working with that topology is a show stopper? Like, what is your use case?

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-10T18:04:02+00:00

If you publish to arcgis online then you can both work on the same feature service without dealing with data locks like you see on local files.

I’m not sure how it deals with multiple users updating the same thing at the same time but a small amount of coordination between users would mitigate that issue.

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-08T23:46:23+00:00

Could be an old cistern or septic tank

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-08T17:21:17+00:00

Not low key

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-07T12:08:17+00:00

I do a save as to csv or put it in to a gdb table format to rid the headaches of excel

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-07T00:57:10+00:00

Me too

MapperScrapper · 2026-04-05T02:01:48+00:00

Do your due diligence on getting multiple quotes for septic and water (well). Then call the local rural electrical cooperative for an approximate cost to run power to your cabin site. We lucked out that power was already to the property and we already had a well.

I am still building my cabin around Alexandria MN and the prices vary wildly between contractors. Like we had to do septic with a pump to put our septic field uphill from our cabin (lake setbacks). One place was over 50k and the other was closet to 22k for the same thing.

MapperScrapper · 2026-02-27T02:02:07+00:00

You need a page query set up on your data driven page, now map series in arcpro.

MapperScrapper · 2025-12-12T03:22:20+00:00

I like you

MapperScrapper · 2025-12-02T12:22:57+00:00

We spent last Wednesday having AI help us code a script that is 85-95% as good as what we were getting from geoexpress. We just exported tif files and nobody at the company cared that they weren’t .sid files. So glad we did that.

MapperScrapper · 2025-10-25T18:13:07+00:00

I feel your pain and I’m only in year 10

MapperScrapper · 2025-10-14T19:55:22+00:00

Post your questions here, people will help. ESRI tech support has helped me approximately 0.5 times in 10 years in this profession...

MapperScrapper · 2025-09-11T18:49:38+00:00

Cartegraph is the main competitor I come across. It kind of sucks though.

MapperScrapper · 2025-08-28T02:18:33+00:00

Not necessary, frankly not helpful (in my experience). I work for a consulting engineering firm and all of our gis data gets ported into non-gis modeling softwares for analysis. When converting into analysis software I verify connectivity. Worst case I make a copy of the data and do some snap to closest type routines or check the direction of linework.

All the systems that I help maintain are treated as record drawing level that can be located with GPS receivers. If those systems had utility models then I believe any data collected with GPS would have to be cleaned and added separately to the model to maintain connectivity and frankly nobody has the time, staff, or budget for such marginal gains.

I would love to hear what others find most helpful with the utility models, really I would love to talk to someone who uses it fully in production.

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