Established in 2015 as a spin-off of the University of Salzburg, it is completely independent. The focus of its business activities is on earth observation, GIS data analysis, portable and mobile sensor systems, and spatial indicators. Spatial Services provides geospatial information products to address global, societal and environmental challenges. Developing industrial solutions and creating new business from findings of basic research is at the core of the company’s activities. Spatial Services paved the way for the results of several research projects into industry. In that sense, scientific developments were able to be transferred to marketable solutions.