200 Years of Surveying History

Meet the pioneers and visionaries that have shaped the history of surveying

Mission & Vision

The origins of Leica Geosystems date back 200 years, with the founding of Kern & Co. in 1819. A little over 100 years later, in a small empty textile mill in Heerbrugg, Heinrich Wild developed the T2, the world's first truly portable opto-mechanical theodolite, and therewith, building the foundation of modern surveying. A few years later, the fledgling start-up company, WILD Heerbrugg, introduced the world's first aerial camera, the C2, along with the B2, the world's first analogue photogrammetric plotter. Over the last two centuries, our company, in its various forms, has grown by becoming the world's first in surveying innovation. A thirst for innovation, combined with a keen sense of entrepreneurship and an unwavering dedication to quality, has kept Heinrich Wild's and Jakob Kern’s visions alive throughout the decades.

2021

"Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik" was founded in Heerbrugg 100 years ago. Within a century, the company evolved into Leica Geosystems and is now part of the global Hexagon Group. These companies are masters of innovation, with a great passion for precision and ahead of their time. In 1921 just as in 2021.


2019

The City Museum Aarau opens the exhibition "Kern exakt200!" to celebrate 200 years of Swiss surveying history. In 1819 - exactly 200 years ago - Jakob Kern founded his measurement instrument factory in Aarau and laid the foundation for a successful company history.


2016

Leica Geosystems宣布了其新的BLK产品系列中的第一个产品The Leica BLK360,这是一种高度创新的一键成像扫描仪。


2013

与徕卡珀加索斯:一个company announces its first vehicle-agnostic mobile mapping solution.


2010

The Leica myWorld customer portal is introduced to allow customers to access product information, support tools and trainings online.


2005

由瑞典的六边形AB收购,亚搏苹果app并在新时代开始。当今,克恩,野生和莉卡地理系统的创新力量仍然塑造了六边形的世界。亚搏苹果app


2000

IPO of Leica Geosystems (LGSN) on Swiss Stock Exchange. American company Cyra Technologies Inc. is acquired and thus the age of high-definition 3D scanning starts.


1997

Leica Group split into Leica Microsystems and Leica Geosystems. Hans Hess becomes President of Leica Geosystems


1994

Acquisition of civilian GPS businesses from Magnavox and introduction of System 200 – the first in-house GPS product.


1991

Digitisation continues apace: in March the WILD NA2000, the world’s first digital level, causes a sensation at the USA’s most important surveying congress in Denver. It is awarded the photonics innovation prize.


1990

Wild-Leitz与剑桥仪器合并,成为Leica Group。


1988

Kern & Co. AG is acquired by the WILD-Leitz Group.


1986

1986年12月17日宣布,野生莱茨集团的形成,收购了莱茨·韦茨拉(Leitz Wetzlar)(包括莱卡摄像机业务)。


1985

In partnership with American company Magnavox Corporation, the first GPS receiver for surveying applications, the WILD WM101, is launched.


1980年

KERN与DSR1立体块球和GP1绘图仪的分析摄影测量值有突破。


1977年

从KERN E2开始的电子理想物的引入是迈向数字化和自动化的主要步骤。内置的液体补偿器构成了当今使用的倾斜传感器的基础。


1969

«Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed». The first moon landing was filmed with a camera that contained a lens developed and manufactured by Kern.


1968年

The first infrared distance measurement instrument DISTOMAT DI10 (developed by WILD and French company Sercel) revolutionised surveying technology as the first close range metre. It can measure distances of up to 1,000 m with centimetre accuracy.


1964

在Heerbrugg中校准了十万个野生理想石,并运送出可以在地球上的任何地方使用。


1959

Kern launches the Switar-Objective 1:1,6,f=10 mm with the world's fastest light transmission. This is an important milestone in optics and the stepping stone for the NASA order for the Apollo mission.


1947

新的双环自我还原速度计DK-RT是瑞士的土地登记仪调查的标准工具。


1932

启动了野生C12立体摄像机。它用于摄影测量。几十年来,世界各地无数警察组织使用了这种工具。


1927

The rapid development of aeroplanes means that aerial cameras can be used. Heinrich WILD developed a lens which is used in the new C2 aerial camera.


1926

The first two A2 autographs are delivered to the Amt für Landestopografie along with WILD phototheodolites.


1923

Heinrich Wild revolutionises surveying with the first theodolite T2.


1921

1921年4月26日,瑞士海尔布鲁格(Heerbrugg)的野生野兽基金会。


1904

1904年的模型精度级别是基于地形部工程师Heinrich Wild创建的报告。


1851年

Jakob Kern因其产品质量而在伦敦的世界展览中授予。亚搏彩票手机版下载


1835

将Borda Circle(十二英寸定理石)交付给杜福尔将军。这是创建瑞士杜福图地图的必不可少的工具。


1819

«机修车间雅各Kern»的基础in Aarau, Switzerland. Jakob Kern initially produced instruments for technical drawings and until 1900 these remained the main production branch of Kern. These instruments become the worldwide standard for technology and quality.

历史海报

In 1921 Heinrich Wild founded WILD Heerbrugg, where Leica Geosystems is still headquartered today, and set an important milestones in the development of precision instruments.

在一张大墙纸海报中查看100年的历史!

In 1921 Heinrich Wild founded WILD Heerbrugg, where Leica Geosystems is still headquartered today, and set an important milestones in the development of precision instruments.

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Special Edition Geomatik Schweiz (German)

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of "Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik", Geomatik Schweiz has printed a special edition.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of "Heinrich Wild, Werkstätte für Feinmechanik und Optik", Geomatik Schweiz has printed a special edition.

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