Norcross, GA — Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging announces its participation in the Middle East Spatial Technology (MEST) Conference & Exhibition, December 10–12, 2007, at the Bahrain Conference Center, Crowne Plaza Hotel, in Bahrain.

Liam McGeown, Director of Business Development, and Christian Lempereur, Manager of Business Development at Leica Geosystems are keynote speakers at the conference, presenting the latest spatial technology and enterprise solution information in stands 16, 17 and 18.

Leica Geosystems is highlighting the Beta release of Leica TITAN, an online solution for sharing geospatial and location-based content in a single, secure environment. Leica Geosystems is also featuring Leica ADE and RedSpider Suite, technologies recently acquired from Acquis and IONIC.

“This conference provides an important gathering to discuss the rapid technological changes in Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) and the integration and interactions with traditional GIS and CAD,” said Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice President, India, Middle East and Africa, Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging. “With several unique solutions implementing SOAs, we are excited to showcase our broad array of products meeting user needs throughout the enterprise.”

MEST 2007 stretches beyond conventional GIS to incorporate spatial data and geospatial technology, including GIS, remote sensing and GPS into day-to-day business activities. This conference is the channel for communicating new technology trends and development. For more information about MEST 2007, please visit http://www.engineer-bh.com/mest2007/. 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

To be successful in our changing marketplace, you need reliable, enterprise-enabled geospatial information. Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging transforms your raw data to useable information, integrating a broad range of geospatial technology throughout your enterprise, via web-based, mobile and desktop clients. Delivering the most comprehensive solutions in image exploitation, processing, visualization and data management, Leica Geosystems provides robust image compression techniques and the most efficient delivery of imagery over the Internet or within an organization. With Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) interoperability, Leica Geosystems develops solutions with the most advanced service-oriented platform available.

Those who use Leica Geosystems products trust them for their precision, seamless integration, interoperability and superior customer support. Geospatial solutions from Leica Geosystems - when it has to be right.

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

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