For people who want to be very clear of where they stand and the lay of the land, Leica Geosystems Holdings makes the necessary tools. The company develops, manufactures and distributes civil engineering and industrial process equipment and software products for surveying, mapping, machine guidance, metrology, navigation, and image processing. Its products include laser-based measuring devices, Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, handheld measuring devices (DISTO), machine vision systems, and 3-D scanning systems. Leica Geosystems, part of Sweden-based Hexagon AB, is enriching its software development to process and model spatial information.