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Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies – 2024 Edition

We are excited to unveil the 2024 edition of the Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies (#GlobalTop100Geo), our prestigious annual compilation showcasing the world’s leading geospatial companies. This list, meticulously curated by a panel of industry experts for the 6th time, represents the pinnacle of innovation and excellence in the utilization of geospatial data and tools to address complex challenges.

The 2024 Global Top 100 Geo serves not only as a beacon of recognition for these pioneering companies but also as a vital resource, offering insights into the dynamic and evolving landscape of the geospatial industry. It’s designed to guide and enlighten our community, helping everyone from industry professionals to enthusiasts navigate and make sense of the rapidly changing geospatial ecosystem.

Join us in celebrating these trailblazers who are shaping the future of geospatial technology and transforming our understanding of the world in this 2024 edition

The 2024 expert committee, a distinguished group of experts, brought together a diverse range of expertise and insights to curate the Global Top 100 Geo list. This year’s committee included:

  • Sives Govender, Research Group Leader, CSIR, South Africa and Co- founder and coordinator of Environmental Information System-Africa
  • Osamu Ochiai, Senior Engineer, Manager for Satellite Applications and Operation Center at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Denise McKenzie, Community and Ethics Partner at PLACE
  • Maggie Cawley, Executive Director at OpenStreetMap (OSM) US
  • Harsha Vardhan Madiraju, Associate Director, Member Success and Development, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
  • Dr. Nadine Alameh, Executive Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute
  • Justyna Redelkiewicz, Head of Section Entrepreneurship and Environment at the European Union Agency for Space Programme (EUSPA)
  • Wilfred Waters, Geospatial Consultant

and


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Top 100 Geospatial Companies

Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies of 2024

AND here are the Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies of 2024 listed alphabetically.

Previous Editions Company name Website
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists 1Spatial 1spatial.com
New entrant Agronomeye agronomeye.com.au
Part of 2023 lists AIDASH aidash.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Airbus intelligence-airbusds.com
Part of 2023 lists Albedo albedo.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Alcis Holdings Ltd alcis.org
Part of 2023 lists Anditi anditi.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists ASTERRA asterra.io
Part of 2023 lists Atlas AI P.B.C. atlasai.co
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Autodesk autodesk.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Azimap azimap.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Bentley bentley.com
New entrant Birdi birdi.io
Part of 2023 lists Blue Raster blueraster.com
Part of 2022 list Blue Sky Analytics blueskyhq.in
Part of 2023 lists Cadcorp cadcorp.com
Part of 2022 list Carmenta Geospatial Technologies carmenta.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists CARTO carto.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Cesium cesium.com
Part of 2023 lists CITYDATA citydata.ai
Part of 2023 lists Climate X Ltd climate-x.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Development Seed developmentseed.org
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists DroneDeploy dronedeploy.com
New entrant e-geos e-geos.it
New entrant Earth Blox earthblox.io
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Ecopia AI ecopiatech.com
Part of 2023 lists Element 84 element84.com
New entrant Ellipsis Drive ellipsis-drive.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Emu Analytics emu-analytics
New entrant enliteAI detekt.it
Part of 2023 lists Envitia Ltd nvitia.com
Part of 2023 lists EOMAP eomap.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists ESRI esri.com
New entrant Felt felt.com
Part of 2023 lists Fugro fugro.com
New entrant GeoTechnologies, Inc. geot.jp
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists GIS Cloud giscloud.com
New entrant Global Energy Monitor globalenergymonitor.org
New entrant GlobalTrust Ltd globaltrustgrp.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Google
Part of 2023 lists Hayden AI hayden.ai
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Here here.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Hexagon hexagon.com
Part of 2023 lists ICEYE iceye.com
New entrant IQGeo iqgeo.com
New entrant Kayrros kayrros.com
New entrant Kermap kermap.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists LiveEO live-eo.com
Part of 2023 lists Locana locana.co
Part of 2022 list LuxCarta luxcarta.com
New entrant Mallon Technology
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Mapbox mapbox.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Mapcreator mapcreator.io
New entrant Maply maply.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Mappedin mappedin.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists MapTiler maptiler.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Maptionnaire maptionnaire.com
Part of 2023 lists Mapxus mapxus.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Maxar Technologies maxar.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Meta meta.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Microsoft
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Near Space Labs nearspacelabs.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Nearmap nearmap.com
New entrant NextBillion.ai nextbillion.ai
Part of 2021 and 2022 list NextNav nextnav.com
New entrant North.io GmbH north.io
Part of 2023 lists Ocean Networks Canada oceannetworks.ca
New entrant Oracle oracle.com
Part of 2023 lists Orbica orbica.com
Part of 2023 lists Orbify orbify.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Orbital Insight orbitalinsight.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists PASCO CORPORATION pasco.co.jp
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Picterra picterra.ch
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Pix4D pix4d.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists PLACE thisisplace.org
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Planet planet.com
New entrant Precisely precisely.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Regrid regrid.com
Part of 2023 lists Safe Software safe.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Satelligence satelligence.com
Part of 2022 list Satellogic satellogic.com
New entrant SkyFi skyfi.com
New entrant SkyServe skyserve.ai
New entrant SoilMate soilmate.ai
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Space Intelligence Ltd
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Sparkgeo sparkgeo.com
New entrant Speckle speckle.systems
New entrant Stamen Design stamen.com
New entrant SuperMap Software Co., Ltd. supermap.com
Part of 2023 lists SynMax synmax.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Synspective Inc. synspective.com
New entrant Tensorflight tensorflight.com
New entrant Textomap textomap.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists TomTom tomtom.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Topcon Positioning
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists TravelTime traveltime.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Trimble trimble.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists UP42 up42.com
New entrant vGIS Inc. vGIS.io
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists xyzt.ai xyzt.ai

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. How did you arrive at this list?

Our meticulous process involved reviewing over 800 companies. We created a shortlist of 222, including past listees (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023), nominated companies, and expert recommendations. The expert committee then voted on these candidates. The final 2024 list is a reflection of the collective judgment and consensus of our expert panel.

Q2. Is the list a ranking?

No, the list is not ranked. The companies are presented alphabetically. We intentionally avoided rankings to equally recognize the top 100 geospatial companies without implying a hierarchy.

Q3. Who was part of the expert committee?

The 2024 expert committee, a distinguished group of experts, brought together a diverse range of expertise and insights to curate the Global Top 100 Geo list. This year’s committee included:

  • Sives Govender, Research Group Leader, CSIR, South Africa and Co- founder and coordinator of Environmental Information System-Africa
  • Osamu Ochiai, Senior Engineer, Manager for Satellite Applications and Operation Center at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Denise McKenzie, Community and Ethics Partner at PLACE
  • Maggie Cawley, Executive Director at OpenStreetMap (OSM) US
  • Harsha Vardhan Madiraju, Associate Director, Member Success and Development, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
  • Dr. Nadine Alameh, Executive Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute
  • Justyna Redelkiewicz, Head of Section Entrepreneurship and Environment at the European Union Agency for Space Programme (EUSPA)
  • Wilfred Waters, Geospatial Consultant

and

Q4. What information was available to the expert committee to make this call?

Geoawesomeness announced an open call for nominations for the 2024 list on October 16th, 2022 and companies were requested to voluntarily provide insights. Companies provided comprehensive responses to the questions, which the committee used to gain a deeper understanding of each company’s vision, operations, and impact. The committee members relied on their extensive industry knowledge and unique perspectives to make informed decisions.

Q5. What were the criteria?

No official criteria were provided to the expert committee to base their decisions. Each expert made a call based on their unique perspective. We fully stand by their decision and don’t feel it’s necessary to restrict them with quantitive or qualitative criterion that might restrict them in any way whatsoever.

Q6. My company deserves to be on the list! What I can do to convince you?

We understand the passion. Its tough for our team to leave out companies that we believe are doing amazing work but top 100 means that we only have 100 slots so its possible that we have left out many companies that are equally deserving. The best thing you can do right now is to ensure that you nominate your company to the 2025 list once nominations are announced. Nominations and the information companies share with us go a long way in helping our experts understand your company better than any website in the world.

Do send us an email at info@geoawesomeness.com and subscribe to our newletter to ensure that you are informed when the nominations are announced.

Q7. I have feedback/further questions regarding the list, whom do I approach?

We are eager to hear your opinions and constructive criticism. You can email us at info@geoawesomeness.com. Aleks, Muthu or another member of the team will usually get back to you within 1-3 business days.


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Share Your Insights! Geoawesome is looking for new volunteer contributors to join our team! We’re not looking for professional writers, we’re looking for people. Geoawesome is a community platform and media organization focused on location technology and everything awesome about it. We are building an open community that everybody is able to join, contribute towards and feel heard.

That’s why our team is looking for people with unique voices and perspectives. We’re not interested in perfect prose, great grammar or spelling. We want to hear what you have to say. 

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In 2024, we’re dedicating each month to a specific theme, but are open to articles beyond these areas and your insights too:

  • January: Bringing space data down to earth
  • February: The importance of real-time geospatial data
  • March: Sustainable agriculture using geospatial intelligence
  • April: Trends and developments in the industry
  • May Geospatial support for humanitarian aid
  • June: The emergence of 3D geospatial data visualization and augmented reality (AR)
  • July: Marine geospatial data and ocean conservation
  • August: Drones and other UAVs in geospatial data collection
  • September: Expanding lidar capabilities and uses
  • October: The revolution of BIM technology and the use of digital twins
  • November: Geospatial for climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • December: Looking back at 2024 and ahead to 2025

Don’t worry if you’ve got an article idea or draft that falls outside of these months or themes – we’re open to all ideas and can publish your article at any point. As a contributor, you’ll be supported by our editorial team every step of the way and have the freedom to pitch topics, spotlight changemakers and express your voice. 

No matter your background, writing skills or geospatial experience, we encourage and welcome you to bring your viewpoint to the table. At Geoawesome, we are united by our belief in the power of location technology to transform the world for the better. 

If you or someone you know is interested in writing, please email info@geoawesome.com with the subject line: Geoawesome Contributor and the following details:

  • 3-5 lines about yourself and your connection to the geospatial and EO community
  • The topic(s) you’d like to write about and why
  • Either an article pitch or if already written, a draft article of 500-1000 words

Looking forward to receiving your ideas and insights for all things geospatial in 2024!

 


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Top 100 Geospatial Companies

Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies of 2024

AND here are the Global Top 100 Geospatial Companies of 2024 listed alphabetically.

Previous Editions Company name Website
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists 1Spatial 1spatial.com
New entrant Agronomeye agronomeye.com.au
Part of 2023 lists AIDASH aidash.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Airbus intelligence-airbusds.com
Part of 2023 lists Albedo albedo.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Alcis Holdings Ltd alcis.org
Part of 2023 lists Anditi anditi.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists ASTERRA asterra.io
Part of 2023 lists Atlas AI P.B.C. atlasai.co
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Autodesk autodesk.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Azimap azimap.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Bentley bentley.com
New entrant Birdi birdi.io
Part of 2023 lists Blue Raster blueraster.com
Part of 2022 list Blue Sky Analytics blueskyhq.in
Part of 2023 lists Cadcorp cadcorp.com
Part of 2022 list Carmenta Geospatial Technologies carmenta.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists CARTO carto.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Cesium cesium.com
Part of 2023 lists CITYDATA citydata.ai
Part of 2023 lists Climate X Ltd climate-x.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Development Seed developmentseed.org
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists DroneDeploy dronedeploy.com
New entrant e-geos e-geos.it
New entrant Earth Blox earthblox.io
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Ecopia AI ecopiatech.com
Part of 2023 lists Element 84 element84.com
New entrant Ellipsis Drive ellipsis-drive.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Emu Analytics emu-analytics
New entrant enliteAI detekt.it
Part of 2023 lists Envitia Ltd nvitia.com
Part of 2023 lists EOMAP eomap.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists ESRI esri.com
New entrant Felt felt.com
Part of 2023 lists Fugro fugro.com
New entrant GeoTechnologies, Inc. geot.jp
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists GIS Cloud giscloud.com
New entrant Global Energy Monitor globalenergymonitor.org
New entrant GlobalTrust Ltd globaltrustgrp.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Google
Part of 2023 lists Hayden AI hayden.ai
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Here here.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Hexagon hexagon.com
Part of 2023 lists ICEYE iceye.com
New entrant IQGeo iqgeo.com
New entrant Kayrros kayrros.com
New entrant Kermap kermap.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists LiveEO live-eo.com
Part of 2023 lists Locana locana.co
Part of 2022 list LuxCarta luxcarta.com
New entrant Mallon Technology
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Mapbox mapbox.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Mapcreator mapcreator.io
New entrant Maply maply.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Mappedin mappedin.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists MapTiler maptiler.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Maptionnaire maptionnaire.com
Part of 2023 lists Mapxus mapxus.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Maxar Technologies maxar.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Meta meta.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Microsoft
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Near Space Labs nearspacelabs.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Nearmap nearmap.com
New entrant NextBillion.ai nextbillion.ai
Part of 2021 and 2022 list NextNav nextnav.com
New entrant North.io GmbH north.io
Part of 2023 lists Ocean Networks Canada oceannetworks.ca
New entrant Oracle oracle.com
Part of 2023 lists Orbica orbica.com
Part of 2023 lists Orbify orbify.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Orbital Insight orbitalinsight.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists PASCO CORPORATION pasco.co.jp
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Picterra picterra.ch
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Pix4D pix4d.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists PLACE thisisplace.org
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Planet planet.com
New entrant Precisely precisely.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Regrid regrid.com
Part of 2023 lists Safe Software safe.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Satelligence satelligence.com
Part of 2022 list Satellogic satellogic.com
New entrant SkyFi skyfi.com
New entrant SkyServe skyserve.ai
New entrant SoilMate soilmate.ai
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Space Intelligence Ltd
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Sparkgeo sparkgeo.com
New entrant Speckle speckle.systems
New entrant Stamen Design stamen.com
New entrant SuperMap Software Co., Ltd. supermap.com
Part of 2023 lists SynMax synmax.com
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists Synspective Inc. synspective.com
New entrant Tensorflight tensorflight.com
New entrant Textomap textomap.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists TomTom tomtom.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Topcon Positioning
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists TravelTime traveltime.com
Part of 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists Trimble trimble.com
Part of 2021, 2022 and 2023 lists UP42 up42.com
New entrant vGIS Inc. vGIS.io
Part of 2022 and 2023 lists xyzt.ai xyzt.ai

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. How did you arrive at this list?

Our meticulous process involved reviewing over 800 companies. We created a shortlist of 222, including past listees (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023), nominated companies, and expert recommendations. The expert committee then voted on these candidates. The final 2024 list is a reflection of the collective judgment and consensus of our expert panel.

Q2. Is the list a ranking?

No, the list is not ranked. The companies are presented alphabetically. We intentionally avoided rankings to equally recognize the top 100 geospatial companies without implying a hierarchy.

Q3. Who was part of the expert committee?

The 2024 expert committee, a distinguished group of experts, brought together a diverse range of expertise and insights to curate the Global Top 100 Geo list. This year’s committee included:

  • Sives Govender, Research Group Leader, CSIR, South Africa and Co- founder and coordinator of Environmental Information System-Africa
  • Osamu Ochiai, Senior Engineer, Manager for Satellite Applications and Operation Center at Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  • Denise McKenzie, Community and Ethics Partner at PLACE
  • Maggie Cawley, Executive Director at OpenStreetMap (OSM) US
  • Harsha Vardhan Madiraju, Associate Director, Member Success and Development, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
  • Dr. Nadine Alameh, Executive Director of the Taylor Geospatial Institute
  • Justyna Redelkiewicz, Head of Section Entrepreneurship and Environment at the European Union Agency for Space Programme (EUSPA)
  • Wilfred Waters, Geospatial Consultant

and

Q4. What information was available to the expert committee to make this call?

Geoawesomeness announced an open call for nominations for the 2024 list on October 16th, 2022 and companies were requested to voluntarily provide insights. Companies provided comprehensive responses to the questions, which the committee used to gain a deeper understanding of each company’s vision, operations, and impact. The committee members relied on their extensive industry knowledge and unique perspectives to make informed decisions.

Q5. What were the criteria?

No official criteria were provided to the expert committee to base their decisions. Each expert made a call based on their unique perspective. We fully stand by their decision and don’t feel it’s necessary to restrict them with quantitive or qualitative criterion that might restrict them in any way whatsoever.

Q6. My company deserves to be on the list! What I can do to convince you?

We understand the passion. Its tough for our team to leave out companies that we believe are doing amazing work but top 100 means that we only have 100 slots so its possible that we have left out many companies that are equally deserving. The best thing you can do right now is to ensure that you nominate your company to the 2025 list once nominations are announced. Nominations and the information companies share with us go a long way in helping our experts understand your company better than any website in the world.

Do send us an email at info@geoawesomeness.com and subscribe to our newletter to ensure that you are informed when the nominations are announced.

Q7. I have feedback/further questions regarding the list, whom do I approach?

We are eager to hear your opinions and constructive criticism. You can email us at info@geoawesomeness.com. Aleks, Muthu or another member of the team will usually get back to you within 1-3 business days.


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