The British Geological Survey (BGS) is the UK's principal supplier of geoscience data and uses FME for a variety of tasks. BGS uses FME to convert data between formats for projects like updating databases and websites daily, cleaning and standardizing geology maps, automating borehole checking, and converting 3D models to formats like Minecraft. Examples of conversions include converting 2D data to 3D, tables to boreholes, and drawings to grids; and BGS will continue using FME for more of the same types of data preparation and conversion tasks in the future.

1. FME and the BGS
2016/2017
Ricky Terrington
British Geological Survey

2. Hello!
Geological Modelling,
Visualisation & GIS
FME - Sporadic User

3. …..and a
Goodbye
• BGS’s FME Master
• Legacy Workspaces
and knowledge

4. …but all is
not lost…

5. Who are
the
BGS?
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and is its principal
supplier of national capability in geoscience.
Advance understanding of the structure, properties and processes of
the solid Earth system through interdisciplinary surveys, monitoring
and research for the benefit of society.
It is the UK's premier provider of objective and authoritative
geoscientific data, information and knowledge for wealth creation,
sustainable use of natural resources, reducing risk and living with the
impacts of environmental change.
World-leading geoscience centre for:
•survey and monitoring
•modelling and research
•data and knowledge

6. What do the BGS
use FME for?
Lots of things!

7. BGS and FME:
SIGMA - used to convert legacy versions of SIGMAmobile and
SIGMAdesktop to the most recent version
Sensornet – used to data-mine off site servers for new information and
update our Oracle database automatically (daily)
GeoIndex – updates the GeoIndex website automatically (daily) from our
Oracle databases
OS MasterMap – GML to GDB
DiGMapGB – used to error check, clean, standardize, and compile the
latest versions of DiGMapGB
AGS Boreholes – Automated checking of AGS boreholes that are
ingested from external sources
Minecraft – Converting 3D geological models into Minecraft worlds
CAD outputs of Cross-sections – HS2, Lower Thames Crossing
UK3D – Automating the process of converting UK3D geological sections to
3D shapefiles, Google Earth KML, 2D/3D PDFs

8. Going from A
To:
B
C
D
E
F
G…..

9. E.g. Table
to Borehole

10. 2D to 3D

11. 2D to 3D
Data Preparation

12. Bathymetry Data – DWG 2 Grid/XYZ

13. 2D to 3D
Outputs

14. Examples…

15. Sweden Esker Pilot Study

16. Sweden Esker Pilot Study

17. Future
More of the same….

18. BGS and FME:
SIGMA - used to convert legacy versions of SIGMAmobile and
SIGMAdesktop to the most recent version
Sensornet – used to data-mine off site servers for new information and
update our Oracle database automatically (daily)
GeoIndex – updates the GeoIndex website automatically (daily) from our
Oracle databases
OS MasterMap – GML to GDB
DiGMapGB – used to error check, clean, standardize, and compile the
latest versions of DiGMapGB
AGS Boreholes – Automated checking of AGS boreholes that are
ingested from external sources
Minecraft – Converting 3D geological models into Minecraft worlds
CAD outputs of Cross-sections – HS2, Lower Thames Crossing
UK3D – Automating the process of converting UK3D geological sections to
3D shapefiles, Google Earth KML, 2D/3D PDFs

19. Thank you!
rte@bgs.ac.uk
0115 936 3438