Consortech

Two big announcements ahead of GeoIgnite 2026 by GoGeomatics. We're thrilled to share that Consortech, an FME by Safe Software Partner, will be a Gold Sponsor of GeoIgnite, and that Jean-Nicholas Lanoue will take the stage as part of the Quebec Geospatial Forum panel. Jean-Nicholas will join an outstanding lineup: 🔹 Dominic Tremblay, Directeur général, Centre de géomatique du Québec 🔹 Luc Vaillancourt, Founder & Geospatial Industry Strategist, BALIZ 🔹 Dean Hintz, Product Manager, Open Standards, Safe Software Building on the work of Géospatial Québec's Forum series, this session brings the conversation to a national stage. Together, the panelists will explore how Quebec's geospatial ecosystem is evolving, share real market experience working across provincial borders, and look ahead to international opportunities, with a particular focus on Europe. Expect a candid discussion on what's working, where the challenges remain, and how Canadian companies can better align to drive partnership formation, business development, and shared growth. 📍 See you at GeoIgnite 2026!

Most municipal data issues aren't technical. They're structural. Last week at MISA Prairies, Matthieu Deloffre ran a hands-on workshop with three municipal professionals tackling exactly that: Andrzej Wieczorek (RM of Stanley), Curtis D. Hannah (City of Regina), and Quinton Pierson (Md of Willow Creek). The morning: real municipal data, CAD, Excel, GIS, properly structured and published into ArcGIS. The afternoon: FME Flow automation. Syncing environments, running QA checks, connecting APIs. The kind of work that usually gets done manually, breaks at the worst moment, or gets rebuilt from scratch every few months. The real outcome? Workflows that scale, and data teams who stop being the bottleneck. If your municipality is stuck in the same cycle, let's fix the structure, not just the symptoms. Tag a colleague or reach out directly. 👇

🇨🇦 Ottawa, May 11–13. GeoIgnite 2026. We'll be there. Canada is having a moment. From Arctic sovereignty to critical infrastructure resilience, from digital service delivery to data autonomy, the conversations that matter most about our national geospatial capability are happening right now. And GeoIgnite is where those conversations take place. As a proudly Canadian company, Consortech is excited to be part of this national leadership forum alongside government decision makers, Indigenous organizations, academia, and industry partners who are shaping Canada's geospatial, Earth observation, and digital future. We help organizations across utilities, municipalities, and government turn fragmented geospatial and operational data into a unified, actionable foundation for decision-making. The work we do every day, with Canadian organizations, on Canadian infrastructure, speaks directly to what GeoIgnite is all about. There may also be a few more reasons to follow along… More details coming soon. 👀 If you'll be in Ottawa, let's connect. 🔗 geoignite.ca

Your GIS says the water main was replaced in 2019. Your asset management system still shows the original 1987 pipe. And your field crew? They're working off a printed map from last Tuesday. This is not an edge case. It's the daily reality for many municipal teams managing roads, underground utilities, parks, trees, hydrants, and permits across systems that were never designed to talk to each other. The result is predictable: inspections get delayed, capital planning decisions get made on stale data, and someone somewhere is manually copying records between systems every single week. At Consortech, we see this pattern constantly across local governments: high-performing platforms like ArcGIS, Cityworks, Maximo, or Amanda, each doing their job well in isolation, but with no reliable data flow connecting them. When a sidewalk inspection is completed in the field, does your GIS reflect it? When a new permit is issued, does your asset registry get updated? When a work order is closed, does your EAM know? Most of the time, the answer is "eventually, if someone remembers." This is exactly what we'll be digging into at the MISA Prairies Annual Conference & Trade Show. On Monday, April 13, our colleague Matthieu Deloffre is leading a full-day hands-on workshop: "How FME Transforms, Automates, and Augments Your GIS Workflows" Morning covers working with real municipal data (CAD, Excel, GIS) and getting it properly structured and published into ArcGIS. Afternoon shifts into automation with FME Flow: syncing environments, running QA checks, connecting APIs, and building workflows that don't break the moment something changes upstream. If you're attending the conference, stop by our booth. We're always happy to talk about data flows, integration architecture, and where AI actually fits in a municipal context (and where it doesn't yet). 👉 https://lnkd.in/gTxSyCh4

GeoAI is only as good as the data feeding it. That's the conversation we're bringing to Enterprise Location Intelligence Summit - ELIS (Québec, April 26–28). Jean-Nicholas Lanoue, our Director of Technology Strategy & Growth, will be on the ground with Safe Software. We're looking forward to the talk by Don Murray, Co-founder & CEO, on the strategic role of MCP in future-proofing AI agents. His message is direct: disconnected data is a death sentence for the enterprise. Competitors who have connected all their data to AI are already making decisions that will put others out of business. At Consortech, that's exactly the work we do on the ground every day, building the data pipelines that make AI actually usable. With FME, we connect the data that usually stays stuck: • Legacy databases and historical records • GIS and geospatial platforms • CAD and BIM workflows • ERP and operational systems • IoT, sensors, and mobility data • On-prem infrastructure that can't simply move to the cloud Before AI agents can deliver value, someone has to make sure the data flowing into them is clean, connected, and trusted. That's our role. If you're attending ELIS, let's connect, we'd love to talk about how geospatial data integration becomes the foundation for the next five years of location intelligence. #ELIS2026 #GeoAI #LocationIntelligence #MCP #FME #DataIntegration #Consortech #SafeSoftware

Easter egg hunt powered by data? 🐰🐣 This Easter, we had a fun thought: what if a simple egg hunt became a geospatial experience? 🐣 Eggs hidden based on real spatial rules (proximity, density, accessibility) 🐰 Dynamic clues generated and updated automatically using #FME 🐣 Locations validated through field data or street-level imagery 🐰 Smart hints powered by AI when participants need a little help What starts as a playful idea quickly reflects something deeper: 🐣 Turning data into interactive experiences 🐰 Making spatial information more engaging and accessible 🐣 Automating logic that adapts in real time At Consortech, this is exactly how we approach geospatial challenges: combining data integration, automation, and emerging technologies to bring ideas to life.   Happy Easter from our team!   Full disclaimer: the image was generated with a little help from AI… and brains already halfway on vacation 😄

In just a few weeks, we’ll be at the MISA Prairies Annual Conference & Trade Show. There’s still time to register for our pre-conference workshop led by Matthieu Deloffre: “How #FME Transforms, Automates, and Augments Your GIS Workflows” 📅 Monday, April 13 This one is a full-day, hands-on session, the kind where we actually get into it. Morning will focus on working with real municipal data (CAD, Excel, GIS) and getting it properly structured and published into ArcGIS. Afternoon shifts into automation with FME Flow: syncing environments, running QA checks, connecting APIs… all the things that usually end up being manual or fragile. If you’ve ever had to: - fix the same data issue over and over - move data between systems manually - or wonder how to make your workflows actually scale This session is for you. No fluff, just practical patterns you can reuse. And if you’re around, come say hi at our booth always happy to talk data, workflows… and where AI actually fits (or doesn’t). #MISAPrairies #GIS Safe Software #DataIntegration

Excited to be speaking at MISA Prairies this year and first time attending too. Session: From CAD Chaos to Intelligent GIS: Automating Asset Data Integration and Exploring the Role of AI 📅 April 15, 10:20 AM La Verendrye Municipal infrastructure data rarely lives in just one system. CAD for engineering, GIS for operations, spreadsheets (and a few other systems) for assets and then a lot of manual work just to try to keep things in sync. I will explore practical ways to automate the integration of asset data between CAD and GIS environments: - linking systems together - automating the flows - cutting down the manual fixes - making the data usable when it matters I’ll also touch a bit on AI, where it can actually help vs where it might be just noise (for now). I will also be at the Consortech booth with Carl Mandeville and Matthieu Deloffre talking data and #FME, come say hi! 🦄 #MISAPrairies #GIS Safe Software #DataIntegration

#FME 2026.1 is officially here! 🙌 Safe Software is kicking off a new era with a simplified, predictable release cycle with quarterly updates, making it easier than ever to stay up to date. A few highlights: - New versioning model, 2026.1 is the first of the new cadence - Continued push toward cloud & modern formats like Protomaps PMTiles Reader/Writer and Microsoft Fabric - New TrimbleUnityConnector to connect to Trimble Unity or Cityworks - Data Caching, you can now view caches as they are created - MCPCaller transformer now available for download - Ongoing improvements to AI-assisted workflows and platform performance Excited to see how this new release rhythm accelerates innovation across both FME Form and FME Flow. What are you the most excited about? #FME #GIS #DataIntegration