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ObjectFX's SpatialFX Software Chosen By Union Pacific; Enterprise License Agreement Supports Corporate Mapping Applications

MINNEAPOLIS--May 4, 2004--ObjectFX Corporation, an innovative provider of a complete Java(TM) enterprise software platform that enables organizations to more effectively optimize their assets through the development of location-based applications, is providing the company's SpatialFX(R) solution as a standard for creating and implementing browser-based mapping applications for Union Pacific . The Enterprise License Agreement for SpatialFX provides Union Pacific with the ability to improve planning, resource utilization and decision-making based on enhanced asset visibility.

SpatialFX makes it possible to integrate location and business data instantaneously and deliver it in interactive geographic and logical views. The SpatialFX platform is designed for rapid implementation and applications may be deployed on any client-side platform, from desktop to Web browsers, along with phones, wireless devices and PDAs. It is ideally suited for internally developed custom enterprise applications such as Union Pacific is accomplishing as well as components to integrator developed solutions.

"We are providing Union Pacific a spatial visualization platform that allows them to integrate key information from a variety of data sources to produce dynamic real time views," ObjectFX President Nick Thomey said. "Our software allows customers to visualize and manage the company's assets in such a way that a great amount of information is available for immediate analysis and action."

"The SpatialFX Java toolkit from ObjectFX allows users to build any kind of J2EE GIS application required and can use information from all of our data sources, which is something we required from this software," said Merill Bryan, Union Pacific Railroad's Sr. Vice President & Chief Information Officer.

About Union Pacific

Union Pacific Corporation is one of America's leading transportation companies. Its principal operating company, Union Pacific Railroad, is the largest railroad in North America, covering 23 states across the western two-thirds of the United States. A strong focus on quality and a strategically advantageous route structure enable the company to serve customers in critical and fast growing markets. It is a leading carrier of low-sulfur coal used in electrical power generation and has broad coverage of the large chemical-producing areas along the Gulf Coast. With competitive long-haul routes between all major West Coast ports and eastern gateways, and as the only railroad to serve all six gateways to Mexico, Union Pacific has the premier rail franchise in North America.

About ObjectFX Corporation

ObjectFX provides an innovative 100% Java enterprise software platform that enables the integration of dynamic location-based services such as mapping, vehicle routing, address geocoding and other spatial operations into enterprise applications. Users of applications built on the SpatialFX(R) Platform can view and interact with real-time, integrated views of information in a location-based context, thereby enabling faster, more effective decisions. ObjectFX's technology serves as a foundation for a wide range of software applications that include Dynamic Operations Management, Wireless Services, Mobile Asset Management, Mapping & Routing, Location Analysis, Network Visualization & Management, Military Situational Analysis and Intelligence Data Fusion. ObjectFX products are installed at leading organizations such as Boeing, FedEx, JB Hunt, Lockheed Martin, Lucent, Motorola, United Airlines, Sprint, TRW, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, SAIC, General Dynamics, Unisys, QUALCOMM, Qwest, U.S. Army and the U.S. Postal Service. ObjectFX Corporation is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To learn more about ObjectFX or view demos, visit www.objectfx.com.