 Hi and welcome to the tech talk of intergeotv about pure surveying and hexagon. My guest today with me are Nathan Wallace, he is product engineer and Alexander Georg. His segment manager survey solutions, they are from Leica Geosystems, part of hexagon. Hello and welcome. Hi, thanks for having me. Hi, Denise. Hello. Thanks for joining us. Yeah, today we're talking about intergeot digital 2020 and pure surveying and much more. This is the theme of hexagon at this year's intergeo. So could you just elaborate on what pure surveying stands for? And I think we start with Nathan first and then Alexander can also add some things. Yeah, sure. Pure surveying for us is a recognition of our customers and also our legacy in the industry. So our customers, they work in quite a difficult environment, obviously. And we are across all sorts of different sectors, you know, we are in working on bridges and buildings and tunnels and a variety of different applications. So and our products and services seek to address these. So we have a proud history at Leica. It spans over 200 years. It started 200 years ago with our current instruments and 100 years later with Leica. And we've been continually innovating this this whole time. I mean, some early innovations are the first optical mechanical theodolite made by Henvik Vild and, you know, continuing today in the laser scanning segment, for example, where we continually miniaturize our hardware with in our BLK series. So yeah, this is some examples of what pure surveying is to us. And maybe I... Yeah. Yeah. Alexander, we met several times at interview when we met physical over the last years. But this time we're digital and we're talking about the theme of hexagon. So what can you add? But what can we expect? What can visitors expect under this theme, pure surveying and much more? Yes, with pure surveying we want to continue the innovation power of hexagon. Nathan just mentioned the 200 years of surveying innovation in our branch. And with pure surveying we want to show our innovations that we are supporting surveying people to do their processes much faster and much more efficient and do this with less resources and in very, very high quality to fit the things that their customers need. Yeah. And you just mentioned Leica Geosystems part of hexagon support surveyors and can you expand on how you do that? So in our industry we are really looking to support all aspects of our customers business. So we are looking from the business director through to the manager and the engineer and the technician. Each one of these roles has different challenges and they're thinking about different things that they need to address. For example, the business director might be thinking, what direction do I want to drive my business in? And how can I grow my business? The manager might be thinking, how can I efficiently use the resources that I have? And the product engineer might be thinking, the project engineer might be thinking, but how can I effectively execute this workflow to do my job? So we're thinking multi-dimensionally here about these problems and we really seek to address this in our hardware and software and services portfolio but furthermore through our after sales service and support and maybe I hand over to Alexander here to elaborate a little bit on that. Yes, we should not forget that our customers benefit from a worldwide support organization that includes hotlines, web-based support, online trainings, seminars, webinars, web broadcasts and even down to very customized training courses and consulting services. This is a support that we offer to our customers and which help them to cover the challenges they face every day. Talking about innovations at Intergeo Digital, Hexagon is presenting. Which innovations do you present that exactly help surveyors? Can you give us more closely insight into the products or the innovations you're presenting? Yeah, I mean as we've said, we have a proud history of innovation throughout our history. In the context of the current climate, we're thinking about what problems customers might be facing and two that we have addressed here are around access and safety in the context of the current global environment. Another innovation that comes to mind here is the GS18i receiver. So we've built upon our existing innovation in the GNSS space, added an inertial measurement unit to the device and also a digital camera. So this combination, this fusion of different sensors has created a whole new really product category and maybe I hand over to Alexander here to discuss in a bit more. Yes, this is really a fantastic product. It's once again a sense of fusion. We're talking about sense of fusion since many years now and this is once again one really great thing where sense of fusion brings new possibilities where you are able with this visual positioning of the GS18i. The GNSS RTK rover that includes a GNSS sensor, an inertial measurement system and a camera to create a visual positioning technology and with this new GNSS rover, you can measure things that you couldn't measure with the GNSS rover before. You can measure points in survey grade in the images in the field or if you want to get back in the office later on, you can save the data and even measure later points from a GNSS rover like you. You're doing it from a total station since a few years now. So this is really fantastic. How has digitalization or embracing digitalization helped survey us? Yes, so we really view digitalization as the efficient merging of people, process and technology and when these things come together effectively, this really helps to drive efficiency and ultimately ROI in the organization. So some of the things that our customers have experienced by increasing their digitalization is increased productive process efficiency and also reduces the amount of rework. So these are some things and once again, I go to Alexander for some additions there. I think the digitalization is really a key element and since the COVID-19 crisis, I think everybody is aware of that without digitalization, things like digital energy wouldn't be possible and so it is in the normal workflow. Even this interview wouldn't be possible through digitalization. Also in the surveying industry, surveyors who have embarrassed digitalization have improved their productivity and they hold a better chance to remain competitive and create new businesses. Without digitalization, they are lost behind all the others. So I think this is a really, really key element in all industries but also in the surveying industry. Alexander Georg, I'd like to ask another question. So how is Leica Geosystems helping customers to grow their business? Yeah, we empower surveying service providers around the world to grow their business through the expansion of their services and improvements of their workflows like digitalization but also with the latest surveying technology. Our portfolio of digital solutions that capture, measure and visualize the physical world enable a truly data-driven transformation for businesses. So but data only becomes information when we can use it smartly, I would say. So surveying software turns collected data into smart information that supports businesses to create new opportunities. They stay competitive and improve their productivity. So intuitive and smart software but also tailored to surveyors workflow is the gateway to unlock applications and produce smart deliverables. Yeah, just building on what Alexander said, I mean just to bring some examples from our portfolio, on the field surveying side we leverage our Leica Captivate field software and on the office software side Leica Infinity software and this really allows us to pull data spatial information from various sources from various different sensors together and enrich that information and really add value to the end deliverable and the end user and potentially also expand the end user base. So yeah. Alexander, the stage is yours. Please invite your visitors to intergear digital at the booth, the virtual digital booth of Hexagon and your stage. Yes, thank you very much. Yeah, pure surveying, that's the great theme of the intergear at Hexagon this year. So for the surveying solution in a part at least. For more information, please come to us, learn how you grow your business, improve your skills and choose the right surveying equipment. Visit us at the booth at intergear digital or at our website leicagearsystems.com. Perfect, I wish you good luck, much fun, experience intergear digital and see you next time. Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Bye bye.