Norcross, GA — Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging announces its silver sponsorship at Map Middle East, April 8-10, 2008 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Dubai, UAE.

Exhibiting in booth #12, Leica Geosystems is showcasing a broad array of enterprise solutions implementing Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs), including the recently announced Leica Image Manager, a solution for efficiently storing and quickly sharing imagery throughout the enterprise. Leica Image Manager solves business problems associated with securely discovering, describing, cataloging and serving imagery to a variety of web and rich client applications throughout an organization.

Leica Geosystems is also featuring ERDAS IMAGINE 9.2 and Leica Photogrammetry Suite (LPS) 9.2, the industry’s leading and most complete collection of software tools designed to manipulate, process and understand imagery and streamline numerous photogrammetry processes. In addition, Leica Geosystems is also introducing a new tool with object based multi-scale image classification and feature extraction capabilities for building and maintaining accurate geospatial content.

“The Middle East’s demand for geospatial information and related technology is continuing to grow exponentially,” said Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice President, India, Middle East and Africa, Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging. “Leica Geosystems provides the most dynamic geospatial solutions to meet everyday business needs, with a product portfolio encompassing the entire geospatial information lifecycle of authoring, managing, connecting and delivering integrated business data.”

Map Middle East is the region’s foremost geospatial forum. Map Middle East 2008 is the area’s fourth annual conference and exhibition, focusing on geospatial information, technology and applications. For more information about Map Middle East, please visit http://www.mapmiddleeast.org/.

For more information about Leica Geosystems, please call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit www.gi.leica-geosystems.com.


About Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging

When building image-based maps, you need reliable measurements and solutions for your entire workflow. So when it has to be right, more geospatial professionals trust Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, to help them collect, analyze, and present spatial information. Leica Geosystems is powering geospatial imaging by putting precise imaging to work. Its broad array of photogrammetry and remote sensing software solutions capture data efficiently, reference imagery accurately, measure and analyze easily and present spatial information, even in 3D. Those who use Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging products every day trust them for their precision, their seamless integration, and their superior customer support. Delivering geospatial imaging solutions with precision, integration, and service from Leica Geosystems. When it has to be right.

Leica Geosystems is part of the Hexagon Group, Sweden. For more information about Leica or its products and services, call +1 770 776 3400, toll free +1 866 534 2286, or visit www.gi.leica-geosystems.com.


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