New Magellan MapSend Streets and Destinations CD Offers Cartographic Detail and Thousands of POIs

    SAN DIMAS, Calif., Aug. 21 Magellan(TM) products of Thales
Navigation announced today the introduction of the new Magellan MapSend
Streets and Destinations(TM) software.  This new software provides thousands
of points of interest (POI), nationwide street detail, and valuable waypoint
and route creation and management tools.  Available in September 2001,
Magellan MapSend Streets and Destinations is designed to enhance the
usefulness of the new Magellan Meridian(TM) series and the MAP 330(TM) series
of GPS handhelds.  With the Secure Digital Memory Card capabilities of the new
Meridian receivers, users can use the unprecedented memory expandability to
download large amounts of maps and other details all at once.
    "Magellan MapSend Streets and Destinations software delivers the
invaluable combination of detailed streets, points of interest and navigation
tools that customers have been asking for," said Randy Hall, marketing
director for Thales Navigation's Magellan consumer products.  "Outdoor
enthusiasts will especially appreciate the many new travel and recreation
destinations they can download.  There are also thousands of other useful
destinations for the entire United States."
    Users can choose the specific map areas they wish to download from the
CD-ROM without being limited to predetermined map regions.  Each area
downloaded provides fully detailed street maps and POIs, including airports,
amusement parks, golf courses, shopping centers, lodging, eateries, waterways,
and more.  In addition, customers can create customized waypoints, plan
routes, measure distances of routes and legs, and conduct searches by address
or name.

    About Thales Navigation
    Thales (tal-less) Navigation, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif.,
combines the former Magellan Corporation with Thales Navigation S.A. of
France, and their subsidiaries.  Thales Navigation is one of the world's
leading developers and manufacturers of positioning, navigation, guidance and
communications equipment.  Brands include Magellan, MLR, Ashtech, DSNP and
Thales Navigation, with products in the consumer electronics, recreation,
professional and automotive markets.  Thales Navigation is a subsidiary of
Thales, a leading professional electronics company headquartered in Paris,
France, with activities in aerospace, defense and information technology and
services.  For more information, visit http://www.magellangps.com or
http://www.thalesgroup.com.

    Magellan, MapSend, Meridian and MAP 330 are trademarks of Thales
Navigation.

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