MapText's Solutions provide High-quality mapping for South Carolina DOT

Plainsboro, New Jersey - May 16, 2006

MapText, Inc. announced that South Carolina Department of Transportation has successfully integrated its Label-EZ and Label-Web text placement solutions for desktop and web mapping applications.

The GIS and mapping group within South Carolina DOT is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive and integrated Geographic Information System (GIS), and incorporating the department's Linear Referencing System (LRS). The mapping group used to generate the maps using a system based around MGE / Microstation. The department is currently in the process of migrating all mapping activity to a GeoMedia-based solution and is using Label-EZ in that workflow. Label-EZ has already been used for generating functional class maps and other projects are in the pipeline.

The Integrated Transportation Management System (ITMS) web application had a need for a solution that provided paper-map quality labeling in a dynamic web environment. Label-Web offered the solution that SC-DOT was looking for. With its seamless and quick integration into GeoMedia WebMap applications, Label-Web demonstrated the aesthetic, high-quality label placement that is critical for the success of the application. In addition to being integrated into the ITMS application, the Label-Web solution is also used in the Resurfacing Project web application which provides the public with the most up-to-date information about the various projects being undertaken by the DOT.

Label-EZ is the market-leading automated text placement solution that can be configured to place text on maps of any scale and style according to the highest cartographic standards and user preferences, extremely quickly and cost-effectively. Label-Web is a high-quality dynamic text placement engine that labels web-based maps on the fly in a GeoMedia WebMap environment.

"At MapText we are proud to have SC-DOT join the various State DOTs who are already using our text placement software and to assist them to generate their maps cost-effectively with the highest cartographic quality. We are glad to have contributed to the creation of high-quality web-mapping applications and look forward to the use of the software across various other web applications at the DOT," commented Rishi Mehra, MapText's Director of Sales and Business Development.

About MapText, Inc.

MapText is the leading label-placement solutions provider for local, state, and national government mapping agencies worldwide.  Its software places text automatically for virtually any kind of map or chart - to high cartographic standards and at incredible speed. The software is in use worldwide for making city street maps, highway maps, cadastral maps, soil maps, utility maps, as well as nautical and aeronautical charts. For more information, visit MapText's website at www.maptext.com.

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