LEICA WORKSHOP
"Semper Precisum"

On January 17, 2002,  Leica Geosystems conducted a seminar at Ferris State University.  Guests included both students and faculty in the Surveying Engineering Department and surveying practitioners in the West Michigan area.  The purpose of this seminar is to have participants understand how they can minimize the systematic errors in the field and account for the random errors remaining in their survey.

The two speakers were Jim Reed and Richard Sauve II.  Jim is a Product Specialist at Leica Geosystems who has presented numerous talks on how equipment is manufactured and the care and proper running of survey instrumentation.  Rick is a graduate from the Surveying program at Ferris and is the Michigan Technical Representative for Leica Geosystems.  He has been working in the GPS area for almost two decades now.

	Left: Jim Reed lecturing the participants about the finer details of survey instrumentation.   Right: Rick Sauve prepares for his presentation on Leica GPS equipment and principles
	Left: The audience listens intently to the speaker. Right: Jim Reed explains how the total station works along with the care and calibration required to gain acceptable results.
	Left: Rick Sauve trying to make a point to the audience. Right: Rick and Norm Schippa pose for a photo together.
From Left to Right: Jens Rick (Professor Emeritus), Yaron Felus (Professor), Carl Shangraw (Professor), Norm Schippa (Technician), Sayed Hashimi (Professor), Jack Pierson (Professor Emeritus), Rick Sauve (FSU graduate), and Jim Reed pose for a group photograph.		One way of capturing the students attention is to offer free pizza.