Leica Geosystems released the Leica Zeno CS25 plus and CS25 GNSS plus, the next generation of its popular and durable 7” tablet computer for GIS data collection. Both handheld tablets offer significantly improved overall performance, with more storage capacity, a higher resolution camera and faster communication capabilities to speed up asset collection & management.

Leica Geosystems now offers the Leica iCON CC55 controller, a versatile and rugged PDA with a 3.5” colour display to its iCON construction portfolio. The handheld easily controls Leica iCON sensors and runs the iCONstruct field software.

Leica Geosystems’ parent company Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, has signed an agreement to acquire Arvus, a manufacturer of precision agriculture solutions for closer, more site-specific management of the factors affecting crop production.

Facility managers, contractors, architects and other building information modeling (BIM) professionals looking for an easy way to capture interior as-built information will want to make sure to check out the Leica Geosystems solutions at the Boston BIMForum, taking place April 23-24 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel in Boston.

Leica Geosystems Inc. today announced that it will open a state-of-the-art laser scanner service center in May that will allow the company to service all current models of Leica ScanStation laser scanners in North America, including the Leica ScanStation C10, the Leica ScanStation P20 and the recently introduced Leica ScanStation P15, as well as any new laser scanners that will be introduced in the future.

Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, as of today entered into an agreement to acquire Mintec Inc., a resource modelling, optimisation, mine planning and scheduling software developer for the mining industry.

Leica Geosystems announced the release of the tridicon® APM Trio, a unique and efficient software solution that simplifies the generation of oblique point matching and aerial triangulation (AT) of multi-view oblique and nadir imagery taken with the Leica RCD30 Oblique camera system.

Hexagon AB, a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation technologies, has signed an agreement to acquire SAFEmine, a leader in the field of safety solutions. This acquisition strengthens the Hexagon Mining Division and complements established companies, Leica Geosystems Mining and Devex.

The Aibotix Aibot X6 and SwissDrones Dragon 35 are the new generation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that will be one of the highlights at the Leica Geosystems Mining stand at AIMEX this year.

Mines Assured of Uninterrupted and Precise Positioning in Poor GPS Conditions

Leica Geosystems Mining is proud to announce the appointment of Mr Dave Goddard as Portfolio Manager for the Leica J3autonomous (Intelligent Machine Systems) product portfolio.

Leica Geosystems, the world’s leading manufacturer of airborne mapping solutions, together with SwissDrones, a Swiss-based engineering company for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), have agreed to collaborate on creating a UAV-based platform for photogrammetric mapping applications.