INSPIRE Knowledge Base

Luciad

Description
Organisation: 
Luciad
Acronym: 
Luciad
Details
Mission and Objectives: 
Luciad provides software solutions for building state-of-the-art Situational Awareness systems. Luciad’s mission is to provide best-of-class visualization, data fusion, and advanced data processing and analysis software, to help its customers turn superior Situational Awareness to their strategic competitive advantage. Luciad is an international high-tech software company with offices located in Leuven (Belgium), Reston, VA (U.S.A.) and Paris (France).
Formal Mandate: 
None
Mandate: 
Luciad provides a range of high-end software products that system integrators and OEMs can easily integrate into their systems. The portfolio of powerful tools provides support for achieving situational awareness by handling large numbers of static and moving data on top of geographical information, including maps, satellite imagery, and terrain elevation in many different formats and references. Luciad applies a unique open system and domain logic framework which enables data fusion across the various data layers. This technology supports fast on-the-fly displays of complex and disparate networked data, allowing commanders and operators to make instant decisions.
Activities: 
Luciad counts among its international customer base prominent companies such as AENA, Belgocontrol, Boeing, DFS, EADS, ENAV, EUROCONTROL, FAA, Harris, HP-EDS, Lockheed Martin, LVNL, NATO, NATS, NavCanada, NLR, Saab, SAIC, Skyguide, STNA, Thales, Thales Raytheon Systems and others.
Membership: 
NA
Typology: 
Regional
Sectorial
Thematic
PROPOSED ROLE IN INSPIRE DEVELOPMENT

Which role(s) do you foresee for the SDIC in INSPIRE development

  • participate in the review process
  • yes
  • implement pilot projects to test/revise/develop the draft Implementing Rules
  • yes
  • be kept informed
  • yes
    Geographic Domain
    International
    Global
    Societal Sector
    Private Sector
    Specific Expertise
    Previous Experience relevant for INSPIRE development
    Luciad is a longstanding supporter of geospatial standardization efforts and internationally recognized early adopter and contributor of standards
    Environmental application domains
    Location-based situational awareness
    Primary Business
    Luciad provides software solutions for building state-of-the-art Situational Awareness system