Tele Atlas Powers ROUTE 66 North American Route Planners

MENLO PARK, Calif. & AMSTERDAM--March 9, 2004--

ROUTE 66 Route USA 2004 and ROUTE 66 Route Canada 2004 Software Driven by Tele Atlas' Comprehensive Turn-by-Turn Data for North America

Tele Atlas, a worldwide leading provider of digital map data and dynamic location content, and ROUTE 66, a specialist in geographic software and hardware products, announced today that Tele Atlas' turn-by-turn digital maps are powering ROUTE 66's new route planners for the North American market. ROUTE 66's newly expanded line of route planning software includes ROUTE 66 Route USA 2004 and ROUTE 66 Route Canada 2004, and leverages Tele Atlas' digital map data and location content for seamless door-to-door routing in North America.

ROUTE 66 Route USA 2004 offers more than just efficient routing for planning business and personal travel. The navigation solution contains more than 6,500,000 streets in the United States and Canada. In addition, it contains more than 4,000,000 points of interest (POIs) from infoUSA in over 60 categories -- including hotels, restaurants and gas stations -- accompanied by their addresses and telephone numbers.

"ROUTE 66 researched the North American market and optimized its products to meet the needs of users in the United States and Canada," said Job van Dijk, CCO, ROUTE 66. "Tele Atlas' turn-by-turn, comprehensive maps, with extensive points of interest were key features for us to have to launch our routing solutions for the North American marketplace."

ROUTE 66 Route USA 2004 also supports global positioning system (GPS) technology that enables users to determine their precise locations with satellite navigation and to avoid becoming lost. Additionally, users may add roadblocks such as construction and detours so that the system can automatically take this information into account when performing route calculations and avoid user-designated areas.

"We are pleased to work with ROUTE 66 as it launches its product into the North American market," said Richard F. Pearlman, vice president of navigation and telematics for Tele Atlas in North America. "ROUTE 66 Route USA 2004 offers an ideal desktop-based routing solution for users who want seamless door-to-door coverage in North America."

ROUTE 66 Route USA 2004 and ROUTE 66 Route Canada 2004 are available for both Windows(TM) and Macintosh(R) operating systems and are available through http://www.66.com and major retailers.

About ROUTE 66

Founded in 1992, ROUTE 66 is a privately owned company headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. ROUTE 66 specializes in geographic software and hardware products and has distribution partners across Europe and North America. Using one of the industry's most powerful brands, ROUTE 66 is a steadily growing company focusing both on the consumer market and the business market in the area of mobility, tourism and recreation. ROUTE 66 successfully markets CD & DVD-ROM titles, Internet and Intranet solutions. For more information about ROUTE 66 and its products, please visit http://www.66.com/.

Tele Atlas

Founded in 1984, Tele Atlas is a worldwide leading provider of digital maps and dynamic location content for a variety of navigation, location-based services and geospatial products and database solutions. Tele Atlas' database is a highly accurate reproduction of today's street network, enabling turn-by-turn route guidance on a high percentage of European, U.S. and Canadian roads. Tele Atlas' compatibility with major navigation systems and its open system design have placed the company's technology at the heart of both consumer and business-to-business applications worldwide. From logistics to marketing to traffic and fleet management, in almost every sector of today's business and consumer world, Tele Atlas has built a reputation as an acknowledged pioneer and leader in the digital map industry. For more information, please visit www.teleatlas.com (in Europe) or www.na.teleatlas.com (in North America).