CompassData, Inc. was founded by W. Brant and Margaret J. Howard in Centennial, Colorado, in 1994 as part of the CompassCom family of companies and incorporated separately in November 2003 as a woman-owned small business. CompassData specializes in collecting high-quality, spatially-accurate data for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications, photogrammetry and remotely sensed data. CompassData uses the latest in Global Positioning System (GPS) technology combined with years of field experience and a proven system to ensure the accuracy and currency of our data.

CompassData has collected thousands of GCPs across six of the seven continents on the globe. We don't have Antarctica... yet.

CompassData has worked with geospatial professionals in many industries, including: leading providers of aerial and satellite imagery, environmental firms; public safety and law enforcement agencies; public utility (gas & electric) companies; local, state, and federal government agencies; imagery providers, airport/aviation agencies, telecommunication companies, transportation organizations, natural resource firms, the Department of Defense, and golf course construction companies.

CompassData has standardized, tested and market-tested processes for collection, analysis and delivery of timely, concise, and user-friendly reports. Worldwide relationships with business partners allow CompassData to affordably collect and process geodetic control points more accurately than any other company in the market today. CompassData and its committed team members have built strong, longstanding relationships with world-class imagery corporations including DigitalGlobe, GeoEye, Microsoft, SPOT, Photo Science, AeroMetric, Sanborn, and Esri, to name just a few.

Our mission is to map the world. CompassData delivers value to our clients, shareholders, employees and business partners by providing accurate geospatial data and field data collection services accurately, on time, with standardized deliverables. We utilize the best available technology to map the world providing geospatial data to our clients in support of their geospatial products and projects. Our focus is to build partnerships with our clients, providing a value that will exceed their expectations.

Watch this video to find out why CompassData was created to provide consistent Ground Control Points, evolving from a project to a product based solution

The CompassData archive is continuously updated; in fact in 2011 alone we have added more than a thousand new GCPs to our archive, and crews are currently collecting GCP in Europe and Eurasia.