DMTI Spatial was founded as Desktop Mapping Technologies Inc. in October 1994 with the mission of bringing to market a rich, highly integrated, precise, comprehensive and complete street network fabric. The expansion of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the company was founded on the vision that geographic data would become a foundation upon which companies would make highly strategic decisions. The company was founded on the principle that in order for businesses to successfully use location as a core technology the database had to be robust, reliable and frequently updated.

The early focus of the company was to build the street fabric database with the highest level of precision such that as more products were added to the mix they could be highly integrated and consequently extremely reliable.

Through the years DMTI Spatial has continued to expand its business and realized significant growth within many market verticals including the provision of data for Location Based Services, in particular the hand-held GPS devices. At the same time the company continued to provide data and services to its core customer base of market leading organizations. Along the way the company has won a number of awards recognizing its innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

With the emerging Location Intelligence market the company continues to focus on providing an extensive portfolio of comprehensive, complete and positionally accurate location based-data. With its deep breadth of knowledge and exceptional product offerings the company has expanded its business to provide comprehensive Professional and Strategic Advisory Services in Location Intelligence to Fortune 1000 companies. The company still adheres to the founding principle that in order for companies to successfully use location as a core technology for building their foundation the data must be complete, comprehensive, robust, reliable, precise, highly integrated and frequently updated.

The company remains a privately held organization.