Maptek

Maptek has been at the forefront of innovative mining technology since 1981. The company was founded as a small geological database services team in Sydney and has grown to a global technology business employing 440 staff. Maptek’s foundational Vulcan 3D geological modelling and mine design software incorporates advanced features for visualising, validating and modelling data to support decision making.

Maptek point cloud software revolutionised the modelling and analysis of geospatial data when launched to market in 2000. PointStudio is enhanced by specialised tools that streamline survey, conformance and reporting processes. The company entered the surveying equipment market in 2004 with Australian-built, 3D laser survey and digital imaging hardware. The R3 mkII generation laser scanners are among the lightest and fastest field-to-finish spatial survey systems for mining, and were the genesis for the award-winning Sentry stability monitoring and risk management system released in 2014.

BlastLogic drill and blast accuracy management system was developed with direct industry input and launched to market in 2011. Evolution scheduling optimisation software joined the Maptek portfolio in 2014. Material Resource Tracking was added in 2020 to provide miners with transparency and accountability around material movement and stockpiling. In 2021 Maptek launched DomainMCF, which applies machine learning and cloud processing to rapidly generate resource models directly from drillhole data. GeologyCore was also released in 2021 to streamline the geology workflow and provide access to cloud-based machine learning algorithms alongside conventional modelling approaches. VisionV2X, a proximity awareness solution launched in 2023, improves safety underground by providing visible and audible feedback around the proximity of at-risk personnel and vehicles in GPS denied environments.

Maptek has worked with over 30,000 users in more than 110 countries around the world. The company’s purpose is to put customer-driven solutions at the forefront of everything it does, focusing on providing integrated decision support capability that enables customers to turn data into knowledge at every stage of the mining life-cycle. With Vestrex, Maptek is connecting every step of the mining process with a platform that unlocks interoperability, integration, and automation.