ABOUT US
We think differently about geospatial technology, making real-world data more accurate, fast and valuable.
Engineering the future of geospatial intelligence
Our story began in the field.
From surveying to spatial intelligence
Klau Geomatics Pty Ltd was incorporated in 2008 as a surveying operation supporting mapping and exploration in remote parts of Australia.
Founded on Rob Klau’s extensive global geodetic surveying experience, the company had a practical understanding of what matters: accuracy, efficiency and delivering reliable information quickly.
In 2012, UAV Geomatics Pty Ltd was formed, developing and operating the emerging technology that was changing how spatial data could be captured. As the UAV mapping market accelerated, we became increasingly focused on the fundamental problems.
Accuracy.
That led us into high-accuracy GNSS positioning and the development of KlauPPK. PPK wasn’t simply about making UAV data more accurate. It changed the workflow — reducing dependence on ground control, improving efficiency and helping move accurate spatial information more quickly into engineering and decision-making.
4D Mapper Pty Ltd was founded in 2014, providing drone operators a platform to share and deliver geospatial data. With a decade of ongoing frontend and backend work, 4DMapper engaged the dev team in exploring ways to make mapping data, particularly from the growing UAV sector, useful and accessible to wider audience.
MakeItAccurate was also developed, offering near real time PPP post processing via the KlauPPK software and web portal supported by 4DMapper.
As lidar entered the mix and the volume of data increased, another bottleneck became obvious.
Efficiency.
Capturing enormous amounts of data in the field, transporting it somewhere else and waiting for it to be processed didn’t make sense.
So we started moving the compute closer to the data.
From the cloud to the edge
Stockpiler was an important step. It combined sensing, positioning and local computing to turn captured data into useful information at the device.
That thinking ultimately led to Brumby. Brumby takes the concept much further: a deployable geospatial edge-compute platform capable of capturing, positioning and processing complex spatial data as the physical world is being measured.
The objective isn’t simply to produce data faster. It’s to produce the answer faster.
An engineer doesn’t necessarily need another point cloud. They need to know where vegetation is encroaching on a powerline, how much material is in a stockpile, where a road is deteriorating, or what has changed since the last survey.
That information is most valuable when it is current.
One thread runs through everything we’ve built
Accuracy. Timely data. Faster workflows. Better decisions.
For nearly two decades, we’ve worked progressively closer to the point where reality becomes information.
Surveying taught us the importance of accuracy.
UAV Geomatics exposed us to new ways we could capture the world.
KlauPPK changed the fundamentals of that entire industry’s positioning and processing workflow.
Stockpiler moved computation to the point of capture.
Brumby brings high-performance geospatial computing and intelligence onto the device itself, a new paradigm as a deployable AI datacentre.
Each step has been about removing another barrier between what is happening in the real world and the person who needs to act on it.
Where we’re going
We believe the future of geospatial technology is at the edge.
Sensors will increasingly capture, position, process and interpret their environment on the device. Cloud platforms will remain important, but they aren’t everything.
The intelligence begins where the data is created.
That means less unnecessary data movement, faster workflows and the potential for machines to deliver useful spatial information in near real time.
- For roads, that might mean identifying pavement defects.
- For power networks, vegetation encroachment.
- For mining, volumes, change and deformation.
- For rail, clearance and potential hazards.
The output isn’t simply a dataset.
It’s actionable intelligence about the physical world, delivered when it can make a difference.
That’s the direction Klau Geomatics Pty Ltd has been moving towards since 2008.
And it’s what we’re building today.
Rob Klau
BSurv (UNSW) ESP-AP (SSSI)
Director of Klau Geomatics
Rob Klau has 20 years of international experience as a consultant/contractor in mapping, surveying, and geodetic control surveys, for photogrammetry and exploration. Founder and Director of Klau Geomatics Pty Ltd, Rob has solid domain expertise and a broad perspective on the geospatial industry. He holds a Bachelor of Surveying degree and ESP-AP SSSI certification.
the Klau Geomatics Team
Klau Geomatics Pty Ltd has the privilege of working with some very creative minds, lateral thinkers in geospatial, software architecture, low level code development and electronics. The synergy of these creators, guided by the experienced director, has led to this extremely creative development powerhouse.
Our resident software and electronics brainiacs create brilliant solutions in hardware, board design, 3D component design, CNC machining, and bare metal code on processor chips… these guys are in a different league!