Leica Geosystems finalist in Wichmann Innovations Award

Leica Captivate and CityMapper nominated for recognition in software and hardware categories.

The immersive 3D field software and the world’s first hybrid airborne sensor are finalists in the prestigious Wichmann Innovations Award at INTERGEO 2016. Leica Captivate and Leica CityMapper have been nominated as innovative and easy-to-use solutions.

Two categories for the first time

For the fifth consecutive year, Wichmann Verlag is honouring the best products as voted by the public at INTERGEO 2016. A first, though, there are now two categories:

• Hardware

• Software

From a shortlist of five finalists in each category, the public is asked to vote online for its favourite product. Voting continues online until 12 October.

Click here to start the voting process.

An independent jury, consisting of Prof. Dr. Jukka Krisp of Runden Tisch GIS e. V., Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Blankenbach, RWTH Aachen University, Dr.-Ing. Markus Sei­fert, LVG Bayern, Dipl.-Ing. Udo Stichling, President of the DDGI and Prof. Dr. Josef Strobl of the University of Salzburg, evaluated and selected the finalists. The evaluation criteria of innovation, user-friendliness and practicality were used to choose the nominees.

All nominated companies will present their products to the public during the Trendforum on the third day of INTERGEO 2016. The award will then be directly presented to the winner.

Help Leica Geosystems keep the winning streak going. Last year, the Leica Pegasus:Backpak won the coveted award.

Vote now.

You can win, too

All voters will be entered into a drawing at random. Prizes up for grabs include a Garmin Vivo Smart HR+, a year subscription to Wichmann Verlag’s magazine and gis.Business/gis.Science, and a reference book.