Company: Cartica Corporation

Cartica.com differentiates itself from other on-line map sites by offering map-related products and services for both consumers and professionals.``Our goal,'' says Gerull, ``is to be the best and largest Internet source for maps and mapping needs -- from mapping software, digital map data and GPS receivers to globes and road atlases -- and to continue an aggressive program of providing web-based geographic information services to our customers.'' The thousands of products already available come from a wide range of brand-name suppliers and partners, including National Geographic, Replogle, Rand-McNally, DeLorme, GARMIN, Magellan, Wildflower Productions, Maptech, Trails Illustrated, Spherical Concepts, Eureka, and Land Info.

Map products for consumers

Cartica.com's easy access allows consumers to search by product type (map, globe, GPS), product use (hiking, fishing, climbing, travel) and geography.Products available include digital maps, GPS receivers, globes, topographic maps, atlases, desk sets, antique reproductions, historic and references maps.

Cartica.com features a section for young cartography fans, called Kids Corner.Kids Corner products include dinosaur maps, beginner atlases, globes and games.Cartica.com also has a gift section that offers gift suggestions for cartography enthusiasts.

Over the next few months, Cartica.com will continue to enhance the consumer sections of the web site with new products and services such as free online maps, online geographic information, and expanded product selections.

Map products for professionals

Cartica.com's goal is to be the business professional's source for all cartographic products.Cartica.com positions itself as a neutral aggregator of maps and map products, where business professionals in many fields can obtain the mapping products they need to do their job.

Cartica.com's professional mapping-related products and support services currently focus on data for Architecture/Engineering/Construction (AEC), oil & gas, forestry, and environmental applications.Professionals can search for what they need by product type (topographic maps, GPS), product use (AEC, oil & gas) and geography.The first six months of 2000 will see the addition and enhancement of several professional product categories and services in support of additional GIS applications, including aerial and satellite imagery, DEMs, orthos, and additional mapping software.

About Cartica Corporation

Cartica Corporation (cartica.com) is an online provider of maps and map-related products and services.Cartica's thousands of products range from consumer mapping items, such as atlases, globes, and gifts, to professional product categories including GPS hardware and software, digital maps, and mapping software.Cartica Corporation based in Boulder, Colorado, USA, is a subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.