Company: Global Geomatics Inc.

Montreal, Canada--Global Geomatics Inc.(Montreal, QC) will introduce pricing discounts for its MapFusion Workstation software in time for its appearance at next week's Fiesta TechNet in San Antonio, Texas.The company is also announcing interoperability support for a number of new military spatial data formats.MapFusion is commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) software that allows real-time access to geospatial data of diverse formats and sources, allowing users to visualize, "fuse", and disseminate spatial data across the Internet or IP-based intranets.The product uses software adapters to read the native formats and projections of different geospatial files.Eight new military-specific adapters are being added to the list of approximately 80 formats already supported.The company will demonstrate the dynamic mapping and publishing capabilities of its software at its Fiesta TechNet booth, number 613, April 22 to 24.

The pricing change on MapFusion Workstation reflects Global Geomatics' interest in helping systems integrators and its representatives capitalize on the growing need for interoperable solutions for geographic information systems (GIS) applications in both military and commercial markets.MapFusion Workstation permits easy access and visualization of geospatial data sets, allowing users to search for distributed or local geospatial data as well as create feature-rich maps.According the Kurt Lynn, marketing manager for Global Geomatics, "MapFusion Workstation is ideally suited for users who may already have GIS software, like ESRI ArcView, installed and for sites that don't need full-scale map production facilities but do need to quickly and easily manipulate and re-use files created in different formats.MapFusion Workstation can save these users time and money." The price drop is significant: from $2500 to $495 USD.

The eight new MapFusion adapters provide support for the following military formats: CARI (Compressed Arc Raster Imagery), CURI (Compressed UTM/UPS Raster Imagery), CARP (Compressed Arc Raster Product), CURP (Compressed UTM/UPS Raster Product), RDTED (Re-Arcing Digital Terrain Elevation Data), DFAD (Digital Feature Analysis Data), SpatioCarte/Defense, and S57.Military formats already supported include: MIL-STD-2407 VPF (DCW, VMAP, DTOP, DNC, FFD, TOD, and others), MIL-STD-2411 RPF products (CADRG, CIB), MIL-A-89007/ ISO8211 raster products (DIGEST, ADRG, USRP, ASRP, and others), and MIL-PRF-89020A (DTED).MapFusion also supports adapters for ESRI (SHP, AIG, AE, E00), MapInfo (TAB, MID/MIF), Informix, USGS (STDS, DEM, GTOPO, ETOPO, DOQQ, and GeoTIFF), and imaging (GeoTIFF, ECW, MrSID) formats.Today MapFusion supports the widest range of military geospatial formats of any product on the market.

MapFusion also includes server software for handling geospatial data dissemination and dynamic web map rendering.It also acts as a central metadata repository, allowing intuitive peer-to-peer exchange of geospatial data files.MapFusion Server runs on Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, Sun Microsystems Solaris, and Linux; MapFusion Workstation runs on Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 98, and Windows 2000.

"Terrain data is a critical element of successful military engagement, but while GIS systems offer great benefits to battlefield operations, they require special skills and training to operate.This can limit the benefits GIS data offers.MapFusion changes this scenario by allowing military personnel to access geospatial information faster and share it easier," said Gilles Clement, CEO and founder of Global Geomatics.

Pricing for a typical single server installation running under Microsoft Windows with five workstations and a small array of MapFusion adaptors is about $20,000 USD.

ABOUT GLOBAL GEOMATICS INC.
Founded in 1989, Global Geomatics develops interoperable geomatics software solutions that facilitate wide access and rapid diffusion of geospatial data across the Internet and corporate intranets.Based in Montreal, Québec, the company has offices or representation in Canada, the United States, Europe and the Pacific Rim.Global Geomatics' software is used by military, civil defense and commercial organizations all over the world.Today, it services over 150 companies in 25 different countries, either directly or in conjunction with its partners.Defense clientele include: the US Air Force, the US Army, DGA France, DND Canada, Lockheed Martin, Dassault Data Service, Lawrence Livermore National Labs, and Logicon-TASC.Commercial customers include GlobeXplorer, the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Office of Geographic Information, and France's IGN (National Geographic Institute).Alliances exist with IBM, ObjectFX, Lizard Tech, and others.To see Global Geomatics' technology in action, visit www.globexplorer.com.Additional information on Global Geomatics is available at http://www.globalgeo.com

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