ABOUT US

Luciad is a software company building open software solutions for distributing, visualizing and editing geographical information in networked environments. Luciad's core product is LuciadMap™, a GIS enabling software. Luciad also offers three products that are based on LuciadMap's technology: LuciadATCPlayback™, a viewing capability to play back, review, and analyze simulated or recorded air traffic data, Luciad Web Map Server Suite™, an OpenGIS compliant server for producing maps on the Internet and intranets, and Lucy™, a high level framework providing the entire suite of LuciadMap™ functionality in an integrated, configurable application.

Luciad products are used by key players in Air Traffic Control, Defense and Security, and Maritime industries.

History
Luciad was founded in 1999 with the goal of developing high performance, interactive geographical mapping software. Working with a team of graphics, geodesy and numerical mathematics specialists, Luciad compiled the first version of a Java software library for building air command and control systems and air traffic management systems.

In March 2000, Luciad shipped its first commercial software product: LuciadMap™. Since then, LuciadMap™ has been the number one toolbox for application development in the defense and security, aviation and maritime navigation industries. LuciadMap™ has been adopted by leading solution providers in these sectors, including EADS, Thales, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

Luciad continues to grow its customer base and has added three products to its product portfolio: LuciadATCPlayback™, Luciad Web Map Server Suite™, and Lucy™. Most recently, Luciad began developing solutions for maritime navigation. Now a dominant player in the European aviation and security sectors, Luciad is currently expanding into North American and Asian markets.

Location
Luciad is located near the historical center of Leuven, the capital of the province of Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium, and home of the Catholic University of Leuven. It is here that in the 16th century the mathematician Gemma Frisius helped build the foundations of modern science, and where the cartographer Gerard Mercator studied whose map projection is still in current use.