RESPONSE Services Center Chooses GDT Street and Address Information for Wireless Application Services

    LAS VEGAS--Jan. 7, 2002--Geographic Data Technology, Inc. (GDT), a premier developer of map databases, today announced that RESPONSE Services Center, LLC will incorporate GDT's street and address database into a suite of telematics, vehicle tracking and roadside assistance services. The new three-year contract builds on a business alliance formed by the two companies last year to support delivery of telematics services to virtually any device that can communicate data and provide location, including smart phones, wireless personal digital assistants and vehicle-installed telematics units.
    RESPONSE has incorporated GDT's Dynamap(R)/Transportation North America database into its next-generation telematics and location-based service infrastructure to provide emergency response, roadside assistance, points of interest information, concierge services, driving directions, and vehicle tracking across the United States and Canada. Compiled from a vast network of sources, Dynamap/Transportation provides street and address coverage, highly accurate one-way and restricted turn information, accurate representation of limited access highways, preferred routing names, and exit point layers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
    "The comprehensive and consistent coverage provided by GDT's data offers us a superior product for locating streets and addresses wherever our customers happen to be," said Robert Ohm, executive vice president of RESPONSE. "Because we're offering a product to consumers on the go, it's critical that we be able to find them in large metropolitan areas and in rural locations in the U.S. and Canada."
    Mike Gerling, GDT's president adds, "Our ongoing alliance with RESPONSE will provide us a valuable feedback loop so we can continue to refine the data to ensure that customers get the type of location information that is important for the way they use the services. This partnership approach offers customers a product that evolves and improves as their use of telematics services grows."

    About RESPONSE Services Center

    A wholly-owned subsidiary of AAA, RESPONSE is a premier telematics service center that leverages the vast service delivery and travel content capabilities of AAA, North America's largest motoring and travel organization. RESPONSE is capable of supporting numerous mobile client devices such as smart phones, wireless personal digital assistants, in-vehicle Telematics units and virtually any other device that can communicate data and provide location. For more information, visit the RESPONSE web site at www.AAAResponse.com.

    About GDT

    Geographic Data Technology, Inc. is the premier developer of map databases that provide the foundation for location-based applications. With more than 20 years experience in data management and compilation, GDT excels at bringing together a myriad of data resources to create 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 complete, current and comprehensive geographic products for North America, Brazil and Argentina. GDT employs more than 500 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.