The question of WHERE
has been in our DNA since 1998.
We started as a geoinformatics research group in Heidelberg. Today we build the spatial foundation that intelligent systems use to understand and act on the physical world. A build that has been underway for more than two decades. Here is how it happened.
Roots in Geoinformatics
1998
We originated as a research group at the European Media Lab in Heidelberg, using the city and its millions of visitors as a testbed. We sought to answer: how do you communicate location to mobile users, and what can machine learning do for geoinformatics?
The First Large-Scale Spatial Model
2006
Long before digital twins and Spatial AI became mainstream, we demonstrated how distributed spatial data could be fused into a shared operational model for an entire city. This laid another foundation for today’s live spatial models.
Bringing Spatial Intelligence Indoors
2010
The physical world doesn’t stop at the building entrance. With DeepMap®, we developed one of the first platforms to seamlessly connect indoor and outdoor environments into a single 3D spatial model, bringing geometry, navigation and spatial context together long before digital twins became mainstream.
The Spatial Foundation Takes Shape
2023
Flowcate became an independent company with one clear mission: turning open standards into enterprise software. With DeepHub®, the first omlox-certified Hub, we transformed the interoperability layer behind omlox into the trusted spatial foundation for industrial applications and the next generation of Industrial AI.
The next chapter is being written now.
Whether you want to run your material flow with DeepHub®, help shape the omlox standard with us, or join our team – let’s talk.