Partnership agreement for Leica SmartNet Greece, incorporating MetricaNet

On 31th January, a Leica SmartNet Greece partnership agreement between Leica Geosystems and its distribution partner Metrica, has been signed in Athens. Locally the network will maintain the name MetricaNet, as part of Leica SmartNet Europe, due to the long standing marketing of MetricaNet in Greece.


Errikos Skassis, CEO of Metrica S.A., and Diego Borsani, Geomatics & HDS Dealer Manager of Leica Geosystems, shake hands after signing the contract.

The agreement forms a new partnership to establish a joint venture of MetricaNet and Leica SmartNet Europe. Within this partnership agreement, Metrica will operate the network infrastructure locally, using their existing sites, while Leica Geosystems will provide the latest GNSS network software technology at their European web farm, in the form of Leica GNSS Spider, SpiderWeb, and SpiderQC. Additionally during 2011 both Metrica and Leica Geosystems will invest in extra sites to provide full GNSS Network RTK coverage in Greece by the end of 2011.

Flexible Network RTK subscriptions will be available for all types of applications, offering users the benefit of a full GNSS network RTK service, using signals from GPS, GLONASS and the future GALILEO and COMPASS systems.

Web services powered by Leica SpiderWeb, Leica SpiderQC and Leica Geo Office, will include Network QC graphs, RINEX downloads and a computation service. Users can also update their profiles or order new subscriptions on-line, via the SmartNet Business Centre.

Internet: www.metrica.gr/ and www.leica-geosystems.com