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LEICA NAMES CONESTOGA-ROVERS & ASSOCIATES
AS NEW GPS/GIS DEALER FOR ONTARIO
www.leica-geosystems.com
Leica Geosystems has announced the appointment of Conestoga-Rovers &
Associates (CRA) as its new dealer for GPS/GIS products in the Province of
Ontario, Canada.
CRA's prime market focus will be the local government and utilities
segments, including municipal-owned utilities. The company will sell and
support the entire Leica GIS and Mapping product line, including the GS50
submeter GPS receiver, the GS5 and GS5+ receivers with ESRI ArcPad data
collection software, as well as other Leica GPS/GIS data acquisition
solutions.
Marc Boulanger, Leica GIS sales manager for Canada, said, "We are very
pleased to announce CRA as our key dealer for Ontario. With their strong
combination of GPS and GIS expertise in the municipal and utilities markets,
and their eight regional offices across the province, we believe CRA will do
an outstanding sales and support job in representing Leica in Canada's most
important economic region."
CRA is a family of companies that provides multi-disciplinary engineering,
environmental, construction and IT services and products. Since 1976, the
company has grown to encompass a worldwide staff of over 1,300 employees in
50 offices in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
CRA's staff includes highly qualified professional engineers,
hydrogeologists, geologists, environmental scientists, information
specialists, industrial hygienists, GPS and GIS specialists and skilled
technicians/technologists. CRA is ISO 9001 certified, and is an ESRI Canada
business partner.
The Leica Geosystems GIS and Mapping Division, headquartered in Atlanta,
Georgia, is a leading provider of integrated end-to-end solutions for the
acquisition, processing and 3-D visualization of spatial data. The division
encompasses the operations of ERDAS, Inc., and LH Systems, which were
acquired by Leica in April 2001, along with Leica's GPS/GIS and LIS business
groups.
Leica Geosystems, with worldwide headquarters in Heerbrugg, Switzerland,
develops, manufactures and markets systems for surveying, mapping and
position determination. The company, with 2,750 employees, has a turnover
of over 600 million Swiss francs (575 million Canadian dollars) and is
listed on the Swiss Exchange. It is structured in six divisions: GIS and
Mapping, Surveying and Engineering, Industrial Measurement, Special
Products, Consumer Products and New Businesses.
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