YARMOUTH, Maine — DeLorme, a leading developer of digital mapping, GIS, and data solutions, today announced that it will be supplying its XMap/GIS Editor to Telephia, a company dedicated to providing worldwide coverage maps of cellular phone networks.

"XMap was chosen because it provides both advanced GIS tools and GPS navigation aids in one application, it’s interoperable with other applications, and comes at the right price," according to Telephia’s Francisco Morrow. Telephia plans to apply XMap/GIS Editor to its mobile fleet of drive test vehicles, collecting cellular phone coverage data.

XMap/GIS Editor will be used to route vehicles, track their progress through GPS, analyze and manage the collected data, and display that data, in the form of coverage areas, against accurate street level data and various aerial and satellite imagery sets.

About XMap

DeLorme's highly acclaimed XMap/GIS platform offers a powerful set of spatial tools that meet the technical and financial parameters of any enterprise or agency, regardless of size or budget. XMap/GIS Editor offers full GIS functionality including access to existing GIS data, import and export of ESRI Shapefiles, data creating and editing tools, and Web publishing of GIS data. XMap 4.5 includes an array of standard mapping features as well as access to GIS data that has been processed in XMap/GIS Editor. Local governments, emergency responders, utility companies, and real estate and land management professionals are among the countless satisfied users who are putting XMap to work every day. For more information, visit www.delorme.com/professional.

About DeLorme

Located in Yarmouth, Maine, DeLorme has almost 30 years of cartographic and software experience and over 130 employees dedicated to creating the best in mapping, GIS and GPS products. DeLorme digital products are rooted in the DeLorme XMap development platform, which is scalable for future growth and endorsed by millions of dedicated digital mapping software users worldwide. The DeLorme business model transforms innovative technologies into affordable and easy-to-use navigation and mapping products.

About Telephia

Founded in 1999, Telephia provides syndicated performance measurement information to the leaders of the mobile industry. Telephia serves more than 50 mobile industry clients, including carriers, device manufacturers, content and application providers, retailers, infrastructure vendors, and investment analysts. Telephia is the industry standard measure of subscriber share, customer satisfaction, device share, network quality, revenue share, advertising effectiveness, content audience, and many other key performance indicators. For further information, please go to www.telephia.com or call 415-395-0500.