Las Vegas – With a sense of accomplishment and perhaps a tinge of relief, Juergen Mayer stood proudly in front of a jam-packed audience during a session of HxGN Live and explained how Leica Geosystems' new product could help transform the geospatial profession.

Mayer, the director of surveying TPS for Leica, said the company’s “multistation,” the Nova MS50, had been in development for the last five years and the idea was spawned two years before that. He was enjoying the birthday party.