MapText Wins Contract from Michael Baker Jr. Inc.

Plainsboro, New Jersey - July 7, 2004

MapText, Inc., the leader in high-quality cartographic text placement software announced today that it was awarded a contract by Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. to deliver automated text placement solutions under Baker’s landmark five-year $750 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Baker will act as Program Manager to develop, plan, manage, implement, and monitor the Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization (MHFMM) Program for flood hazard mitigation across the United States and its territories. MapText’s easy-to-configure software solutions will be used to place names on those maps according to the highest cartographic standards. MapText will also work with Baker to customize its flagship Label-EZ™ text placement software to specific cartographic requirements.

“By winning this important contract, MapText proved again that its label placement technology can generate enormous cost savings and productivity gain, while providing uncompromising cartographic quality”, commented Dr. Herbert Freeman, the President of MapText, Inc.