Kompass

Kompass is an Austrian map and outdoor brand operated by KOMPASS-Karten GmbH, a Tirol-based company headquartered in Innsbruck. Its focus is helping people explore the outdoors with maps and related products for hiking, cycling, and ski touring. The company describes its cartography as a reliable aid to orientation and says it serves people exploring on foot or by bicycle. The brand’s product range spans printed maps and books as well as digital offerings. These include hiking and cycling maps, hiking and cycling guides, an online map, a mobile app, GPX data, and Kompass PRO features. Its site also presents certified hiking and cycling tours, route planning, offline map access, and travel offerings. Kompass says its printed and digital products share the same map presentation, so users can move between print, web, and app formats with a consistent cartographic view. Kompass describes its coverage as including destinations from northern Germany through Austria and Italy, as well as Istria, Mallorca, and the Canary Islands. The company characterizes itself as the world’s largest producer of hiking, cycling, and ski-touring maps, and reports more than 80 million products sold. Its website presents the brand as active, with a current catalogue, products, digital services, tours, and customer support. The supplied evidence does not establish a precise founding year, founder, parent company, or owner.

Kompass is presented by its official website as a Tirol-based outdoor cartography business operating through KOMPASS-Karten GmbH, with its seat in Innsbruck. The supplied company page says the business has provided its cartography for more than 66 years, but does not give a specific founding date or identify a founder. Accordingly, the brand’s precise founding year and early history cannot be established from the available evidence. The company’s established activity is the creation of maps and related outdoor products. Its range includes maps and guides for hiking and cycling, as well as maps for ski touring. The official site describes its coverage as extending from northern Germany through Austria and Italy to destinations including Istria, Mallorca, and the Canary Islands. It also characterizes Kompass as the world’s largest producer of hiking, cycling, and ski-touring maps, and says more than 80 million products have been sold. These are company statements in the supplied official material. Kompass has developed its offer beyond print. The company says its cartography is available in print, on the web, and through a mobile app, and that the same map presentation is used across those formats. The current website lists an online map, a route planner, an app, GPX data, Kompass PRO, tours, and a product finder alongside maps and books. The support page describes account features such as saving planned tours, recording a tour in the app, using the worldwide Kompass hiking map, and accessing offline maps and map updates through PRO membership. The official homepage also promotes a new generation of hiking maps and guides. It describes the maps as available in print, in the app, or on the website with a consistent map image. The guides are presented as more compact and as including a travel-guide section and QR codes for travel information. The site lists a 2026 catalogue and bundled booking for hiking and cycling tours, showing that the brand continues to market both publishing and digital or service-based outdoor offerings. The supplied evidence does not identify the company’s current owner, parent company, executives, or any listing status.

• KOMPASS-Karten GmbH identified as the operating company

• Expansion of cartography into digital formats

• New generation of maps and guides promoted

• 2026 catalogue announced

A specialist outdoor cartography brand emphasizing reliable, precise orientation and consistent map presentation across print, web, and app, for people exploring on foot or by bicycle.

• Hiking and cycling maps

  Printed and digital maps for outdoor navigation.

• Hiking and cycling guides

  Guides for outdoor trips; the new generation is described as compact and includes a travel section and QR codes.

• KOMPASS online map and app

  Digital map services that share the brand’s map presentation with its print products.

• Kompass PRO

  A membership offering that includes tour management and saving, certified tours, offline maps, and map updates.

• GPX data and route-planning services

  Digital tools and data listed among the brand’s outdoor offerings.

• A new generation of hiking maps
• A new generation of hiking guides

1. 1KOMPASS Wanderkarten, Wanderführer und Fahrradkartenkompass.de
2. 2Über uns | Kompasskompass.de
3. 3Kontakt | Kompasskompass.de
4. 4Unsere Autoren | KOMPASSkompass.de
5. 5Kompasswikidata.org