At Lutra Consulting, we’ve been on a mission to change perceptions of open source GIS systems, as we believe they are mature, well supported and affordable solutions to most organisations. By providing consultancy, training and support for QGIS integration, we have encouraged hundreds of clients to take on the benefits of open source GIS systems such as the flexibility of OGC data standards and cost-effectiveness. Over the years, we have built several core QGIS plugins and features such as 3D modelling, point cloud and cloud native processing and visualisation.
Since 2017, Lutra Consulting has been developing Mergin Maps, an open source field data collection tool for surveyors in a wide range of industries such as agriculture, telecommunications, ecology and habitat mapping. Mergin Maps is an application, platform and a plugin built on top of QGIS with the goal of taking QGIS to the field for mobile data collection.
70 000+ registered accounts
Rebranding of Mergin and Input into Mergin Maps
First release of cloud synchronisation tool called Mergin
First lightweight QGIS field app for Android called Input
Start of QGIS core development after we were joined by QGIS developer Martin Dobias.
Lutra Consulting established by Saber Razmjooei and Peter Wells.
We are open, transparent and honest to each other and our customers
Our products and services are as simple as possible and easy to use for everyone
We grew up as a part of a community and want to contribute and give back so everyone can benefit
“We think anyone should be able to gain insight from location data and feel this is possible using open source GIS. We believe powerful solutions can also be easy to use.”
As a part of giving back, we are supporting various open source projects and communities from OSGEO to FOSS4G. And we are planting trees to reduce our environmental footprint and sponsoring International Otter Survival Fund.
