We are a young team of professionals who share a passion for maps. Our contribution to the geo-community includes work on various open-source and research projects. Our offices are based in Unterägeri, Switzerland and Brno, Czech Republic.
Petr Pridal started Klokan Technologies GmbH in 2010 as a result of his 10 years experience with freelance activities. As an active participant of conferences worldwide, he believes in the importance of widely accessible map tools.
Back in 2010, after years of freelancing, passion for maps was transformed into the company. Connect by heart, the founder, Petr Pridal, gives new company his boy scout nickname, Klokan. And this is the diary of the fantastic journey till these days.
December 2017
The easiest way for map hosting with few clicks in less than 10 minutes.
European Space Agency annual award Copernicus Masters was given to KlokanTech team.
November 2017
October 2017
August 2017
January 2017
October 2016
OSMNames brought uniqueness to place search by ranking each entry by related Wikipedia page popularity.
TilServer GL enables everyone to host vector map tiles on own infrastructure using open-source technology.
August 2016
OL3 Cesium adds the third dimension to the popular open-source JavaScript library for displaying maps on the web.
November 2014
November 2014
One of the world largest map collection was enhanced by Georeferencer, the tool for assigning a geographical location to old maps.
Open-source web service with a database of coordinate systems used in maps worldwide.
March 2014
July 2013
Royal Scottish Geographical Society award for contribution development.
December 2012
June 2012
Surrounded by companies like Intel, Autodesk and HP, Klokantech makes his debut in this annual developer festival.
The project breathes in life to history by creating the biggest collection of historical maps, searchable by place and historical era.
February 2012
March 2011
KlokanTech software showed on the stage by the most signifant player in GIS field.
WebGL Earth brings a world globe for the very first time in the web browser.
March 2011
June 2010
During the WWDC conference in San Francisco, Apple recommends MapTiler.
Group of people forms around Petr Pridal, who founds Klokan Technologies.
MapTiler, which later become a flagship of the whole company, was built to help end users with transforming images into map tiles.
