Company: Core Software Technology

Edryd Shaw, Director General of CCRS, stated, " I am excited that we are starting a new relationship with Core to enter the era of high resolution satellites.We look forward to working with them to provide high quality reception services and to develop new applications for these images with Canadian government agencies."

Core Software Technology is the North American master distributor for imagery collected from the WIS high resolution satellite program.Core has the responsibility to acquire, archive and distribute all WIS imagery between Canada and Panama including the Caribbean.In developing the company's North American Ground Station Network Core partnered with CCRS due to their state of the art facilities for the reception and collection of remotely sensed imagery.The agreement also facilitates access to WIS high-resolution data by Canadian Federal and Provincial Government agencies for operational use.CCRS and Core intend to explore opportunities for cooperation in other areas of mutual interest such as access to geospatial information on the Internet.All WIS imagery sales in North America will be handled through Core or one of its official channels.

Bill Usher, Chairman and CEO of Core stated, "I am delighted we achieved an agreement with CCRS, an organization recognized as one of the world's leaders in remote sensing applications and technology.Our partnership will prove to be a major effort in promoting the multiple applications of high resolution imagery."

WIS will be launching the first of at least eight high-resolution imaging satellites in the summer of 2000.CCRS will begin to collect imagery as part of Core's North American Ground Station Network within two months of the launch.

About CCRS:
The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS) is part of Geomatics Canada within Natural Resources Canada.The Centre is internationally recognized for excellence in the use of earth-observation data and is also responsible for the reception, processing, archiving and dissemination of remotely sensed data for Canada.In partnership with the private sector, it develops, demonstrates and transfers into operational use, remote sensing technology and applications both in Canada and internationally and supports an expanding industry sector including world leaders in global ground station, image analysis and radar mapping markets.CCRS along with other Government agencies is helping to develop the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), which will coordinate Canada's numerous databases of geographic information and make them accessible through a common window on the Internet.The Centre's National Atlas team provides an authoritative national summary of integrated Canadian geographical information for decision-makers, educational institutions and the general public.

About Core:
Core Software Technology provides software and services for the archiving, management and dissemination of geospatial information.Core is the developer of TerraSoar®, a web based software solution that allows for the access, selection and distribution of a wide variety of distributed data sets including images, audio, video and text files. Through the company's ImageNet.com service, Core has become a leader in the distribution of geospatial information products worldwide.Core is a participant with West Indian Space (WIS), a joint venture to launch and operate a fleet of high-resolution imaging satellites starting in the summer of 2000.Core provides software, systems and integration services and solutions throughout the world to both the government and private sector.Visit Core at www.coresw.com.

Contact:
Justin Holtzman
Core Software Technology
(703) 917-8700 ext.226
justin@coresw.com
www.coresw.com

Bill Bruce
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
(613) 996-2648
bill.bruce@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca
www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca