TeleType GPS Incorporates GDT Data to Provide Personal, Real-Time Navigation Services for Mobile Devices

    LEBANON, N.H.--May 22, 2001--Geographic Data Technology, Inc., a developer of premier map databases, announced today that TeleType, Inc. has incorporated GDT street and address data into its TeleType GPS product to provide real-time personal navigation services for mobile devices via the Windows CE operating system which includes the popular Pocket PC products.
    GDT's Dynamap(R)/Transportation database provides the U.S. street and address foundation that allows TeleType GPS to track a user's position in real-time and provide turn-by-turn routes and map display with GPS integration. With TeleType GPS, users can find addresses, zoom in and out of a specified geography, and import routes into Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) and other mobile devices.
    "GDT's nationwide street and address information ensures that our customers will have the most up-to-date navigation information, regardless of where they travel in the U.S.," said Ed Friedman, president of TeleType Co. "And with millions of streets and addresses nationwide, GDT can provide superior address matching both in major metropolitan areas and in smaller towns."
    "With today's mobile society, the ability to find your way in any town at any given point in time is critical," said Jay Benson, GDT's vice president of development. "By teaming with TeleType to support its innovative software products, we can help provide up-to-the-minute mobile information to help business people and travelers navigate across the U.S."

    About TeleType, Co.

    TeleType Company is a software development company based in Boston, founded in 1981. It specializes in software system integration and has produced cutting edge products for a variety of industries. TeleType Co. continues to be at the forefront of integrating the Global Positioning System with handheld computers. Its TeleType GPS product creates a unique solution for land, air, and water navigation and tracking. GPS software solutions include support of Windows CE and Pocket PC for vehicle navigation, fleet tracking, and geographic information systems data collection. Current hardware solutions include low power wireless GPS receivers. The company is expanding to support additional emerging technologies for GPS solutions based on satellite communications and two-way paging and offers consumer and OEM products. Its ambition is to produce the most versatile and user-friendly GPS system in the world incorporated into mobile devices. For more information visit www.teletype.com.

    About GDT

    Geographic Data Technology, Inc. is the premier developer of map databases that provide the foundation for location-based applications. With 20 years experience in data management and compilation, GDT excels at bringing together a myriad of data resources to create usable spatial products and services that help businesses and consumers manage, understand and analyze geographic relationships. GDT provides cartographic data to major GIS vendors and is the data provider for leading software and web mapping programs. GDT data is used for routing, web mapping, emergency response, site selection, risk analysis, facilities management, and a host of other applications. With a focus on nationwide coverage, GDT offers customers the most complete, current and comprehensive geographic products on the market. Rated one of the fastest growing private companies in New Hampshire, GDT employs more than 600 people at its Lebanon, NH headquarters. For more information, visit the GDT web site at www.geographic.com.

    Dynamap is a registered trademark of GDT.