Case Study: City of Surrey enables 400+ downloadable datasets in any format and saves time and cost with Safe Software (FME Server)

City of Surrey - Customer Case Study

The City of Surrey, British Columbia’s second-largest and one of its most culturally diverse cities, publishes 400 open datasets but struggled with the limitations of its CKAN portal: only a few download formats were supported and whole-dataset downloads could be terabytes, making it hard for residents, businesses, and staff to get precise, usable data for specific areas or applications.

Safe Software’s FME Server was implemented to provide on‑demand exports from the production database in a wide range of formats (LAS, JSON, KML, File Geodatabase, DWG, CSV, MrSID, PDF, and more) and a map preview to select exact subsets. The result: faster, cheaper access for the public and staff, greater usability for small businesses and civic projects, and improved socio-economic benefits from more accessible open data.

City of Surrey

Mark Laudon

City of Surrey