Leica Geosystems
| Company type | part of Hexagon AB |
|---|---|
| Industry | Surveying & Engineering Geographic Information Systems (GIS) High Precision Measurement instruments |
| Founded | Heerbrugg, Switzerland (1921) |
| Headquarters | Heerbrugg, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland |
Number of employees | > 3,500 |
| Website | www.leica-geosystems.com |
Leica Geosystems (formerly known as Wild Heerbrugg or just Wild) based in eastern Switzerland produces products and systems for surveying and geographical measurement (geomatics). Its products employ a variety of technologies including GPS satellite navigation and laser rangefinders to enable users to model existing structures, terrains in computer based systems to high accuracies, often under 1 cm.