DataBricks makes it easy to use Apache Spark. It provides a platform with the potential to analyze and process huge volumes of data. Sounds awesome. The sales brochure reads as if it is a can-do-all data integration platform. Does it replace our beloved FME platform or does it provide opportunities for FME to shine? Challenge accepted

1. On Databricks
and FME
Avineon-Tensing
The Peak of Data
and AI 2025

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Martin Koch
Geospatial Evangelist

3. 01. Who am I
02. Databricks
03. Why FME
04. Examples
05. Conclusion
Agenda

4. About me
Section 1

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My computer-background
● ‘80-s Homecomputer boom
● Graduated in forest ecology using Fortran on VAX VMS
○ -> Young GIS-professional
● Level-up:
○ Scrap hardware -> Colocating rackservers -> IaaS
○ SQL + Python -> FME

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My computer-background
● ‘80-s Homecomputer boom
● Graduated in forest ecology using Fortran on VAX VMS
○ -> Young GIS-professional
● Level-up:
○ Scrap hardware -> Colocating rackservers -> IaaS
○ SQL + Python -> FME

7. DataBricks
Section 2

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Unified platform for data,
analytics and AI
Databricks website

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Simplify ETL, data warehousing,
governance and AI on the
Data Intelligence Platform.
Databricks website

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● Sparc for compute and connectivity
● Notebooks for transformations
● Pipelines for automation
● Data in Delta Lakehouse

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You’ve build yourself an
application

19. Someone wants to upload an excel-file
to ingest the data in the Data Lakehouse.

20. 😯

21. Some dataset has a spatial component.
And you need to do something with that.

22. 😰

23. Hello FME
Section 3

24. Your flexible, low code platform
For all your application integration

25. Examples
Section 4

26. Examples
Section 4

27. Get data from DataBricks

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29. DataBricks - ArcGIS
integration

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31. Getting data into Databricks

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Combining all of the above

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Recap:
If you have Databricks
You definitely need the FME platform

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