Intermap Technologies Licenses Enhanced Terrain Maps to MapQuest

Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:33am EST
 
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New 3D Mapping Styles Bring Detailed New Views to MapQuest.com
DENVER--(Business Wire)--
Intermap Technologies, a leading worldwide 3D digital mapping company today
announced that it has licensed shaded terrain products which leverage the
nationwide NEXTMap 3D mapping database to MapQuest, Inc. Additionally, Intermap
will deliver shaded terrain products for Europe and the remainder of the world
for subsequent releases on the MapQuest.com consumer Web site and Platform
products. 

"We are excited to provide MapQuest with terrain products that will boost its
innovative online assets with our advanced wide area 3D map database," said
Garth Lawrence, Intermap`s senior vice president of strategic business. "By
incorporating Intermap`s data products, MapQuest is delivering detailed terrain
visualization that will enhance the map-viewing experience for MapQuest`s
millions of users." 

"Intermap`s data products provide depth to the map that is rich, informative and
visually appealing," said Christian Dwyer, MapQuest senior vice president and
general manager. "Our customers will experience an enhanced map view that
provides significant improvements to the look and feel including real-world
terrain visualization based on Intermap's NEXTMap® 3D data products." 

Intermap is a key player in the industry for wide area 3D mapping content. The
company has already created high-resolution 3D map products and solutions for
all of Western Europe, and is in the final stage of creating the same products
and solutions for the United States. Intermap has proactively mapped entire
countries and built highly reliable national datasets, called NEXTMap®,
consisting of elevation data and geometric images of unprecedented uniform
accuracy. 

About Intermap Technologies

Intermap (TSX: IMP.TO) is a preeminent digital mapping company creating uniform
high-resolution 3D digital models of the earth`s surface. The Company has
proactively remapped entire countries and built uniform national databases,
called NEXTMap, consisting of affordably priced elevation data and geometric
images of unprecedented accuracy. Demand for NEXTMap data is growing as new
commercial applications emerge within the GIS, engineering, automotive, GPS
maps, insurance risk assessment, oil and gas, hydrology, renewable energy,
environmental planning, wireless communications, transportation, aviation, and
3D visualization markets. 

Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intermap has offices in Calgary, Detroit,
Jakarta, London, Munich, Ottawa, Paris, Prague, and Washington D.C. For more
information, visit www.Intermap.com, www.mobile.AccuTerra.com or
www.AccuTerra.com. 

NEXTMap and AccuTerra are registered trademarks of Intermap Technologies
Corporation. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners. 

Intermap Reader Advisory

Certain information provided in this news release constitutes forward-looking
statements. The words "anticipate", "expect", "project", "estimate", "forecast"
and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. Although Intermap believes that these statements are based on
information and assumptions which are current, reasonable and complete, these
statements are necessarily subject to a variety of known and unknown risks and
uncertainties. You can find a discussion of such risks and uncertainties in our
Annual Information Form and other securities filings. While the Company makes
these forward-looking statements in good faith, should one or more of these
risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary significantly from those expected.
Accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by
the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so,
what benefits that the Company will derive therefrom. All subsequent
forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to Intermap or
persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these
cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news
release are made as at the date of this news release and the Company does not
undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the
forward-looking statements made herein, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable securities
law.

Intermap Technologies
Richard Mohr, 303-708-0955
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
rmohr@intermap.com
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