New Formats in FME 2023+

Format Name

Description

Airtable Reader/Writer (FME Form Package)

Airtable enables user-friendly workflows and collaboration across teams. Workspaces can be set up and shared with others. Each workspace can contain multiple bases, each of which can contain multiple tables.

Autodesk Revit Reader/Writer

FME can write Revit Project files.

COPC (Cloud Optimized Point Cloud) Reader/Writer

FME can read and write Cloud Optimized Point Cloud (COPC) files.

Databricks Reader

FME can read attribute data held in Databricks database tables.

Databricks Writer (FME Form Package)

This FME Form Package writes non-spatial data to Databricks Delta Lake tables.

Esri ArcGIS Server Feature Service Reader/Writer

FME can read and write features on ArcGIS Feature Services hosted by either a standalone ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Enterprise, or on Esri’s ArcGIS Online cloud service.

FlatGeobuf Reader/Writer

FlatGeobuf is a geospatial information storage format designed for efficient reading with large data volumes.

GeoParquet Reader/Writer

GeoParquet is an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standard that extends Apache Parquet by adding interoperable geospatial types (Point, Line, Polygon).

Microsoft Azure Synapse SQL (Data Warehouse) Reader/Writer

FME can read and write attribute data held in dedicated SQL pools in Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics.

NDGeoJSON (Newline Delimited GeoJSON) Reader/Writer

NDGeoJSON is a newline-delimited variant of the GeoJSON format.

NDJSON (Newline Delimited JSON) Reader/Writer

NDJSON is a newline-delimited variant of the JSON format.

OGC CityGML 3 Reader (Tech Preview)

CityGML 3 defines a standardized conceptual model that can be implemented in a variety of technologies. This reader supports the CityGML 3.0 Part 2: GML Encoding Standard, as well as the older CityGML 2.0 standard.

OpenJPEG JPEG 2000 Reader/Writer

JPEG 2000 was designed to overcome the limitations of the original JPEG standard and provide high-quality images at low bit-rates. OpenJPEG JPEG 2000 includes new features and functionalities for client/server imaging applications and resource-constrained wireless devices.

STAC Metadata Reader (FME Form Package)

FME can read metadata properties from a STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogs) Item and its ancestor Catalogs and/or Collections.

Zarr Reader/Writer

Zarr is an open source, file-based storage format, meant for storing large multi-dimensional typed arrays.