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AirPhotoUSA(R) Offers New Higher-Resolution Aerials for East Coast Metropolitan Areas.


PHOENIX -- AirPhotoUSA, a GlobeXplorer[R] company and a leading provider of affordable, pre-packaged aerial information solutions, announced today a major-market update featuring high-resolution, one-foot pixel imagery of the Eastern United States.

AirPhotoUSA (APU APU Azusa Pacific University
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
APU Alaska Pacific University
APU Asia Pacific University (Japan)
APU American Public University
APU Anglia Polytechnic University (Chelmsford) 
) has finished acquiring more than 40,000 square miles of seamless aerial imagery for Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, Connecticut and Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States
Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches.
. The project is part of APU's extensive new acquisition program that will provide nationwide coverage at one-foot pixel resolution pixel resolution Telemedicine The sharpness of a computerized image, based on pixel concentration, which determines display resolution .

New England regional coverage for Massachusetts, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E).  and Maine is scheduled for spring 2007. The release status for each market will be posted at www.airphotousa.com.

"AirPhotoUSA has a nine-year history of innovation, consistently setting new standards for coverage, and image resolution," commented Rob Shanks, president of GlobeXplorer and AirPhotoUSA. "The move to one-foot GSD GSD German Shepherd Dog
GSD Graduate School of Design
GSD Glycogen Storage Disease
GSD General Services Division
GSD Gundam Seed Destiny (anime)
GSD Ground Sample Distance
GSD Geometric Standard Deviation
 (ground sample distance) imagery is a continuation of that tradition and will help feed the demand created by aerial content's widespread use on the Internet."

The imagery ships with PhotoMapper[R], AirPhotoUSA's exclusive viewing, annotation and export software, and MapHandler plug-ins for active image integration with GIS. In addition, imagery can be supplied in almost any requested format and map projection.

This imagery will also be offered through GlobeXplorer's suite of Web services, online viewers, and developer application program interfaces (APIs), making its data the most accessible in the industry today.

Demo CDs containing AirPhotoUSA's exclusive PhotoMapper and MapHandler[TM] software, sample one-foot seamless imagery and product documentation by contacting info@airphotousa.com.

A complete map of the new East Coast coverage can be found at http://www.airphotousa.com/samples/EastCoast-Preliminary-Coverage.jpg and complete national AirPhotoUSA coverage maps can be found at www.airphotousa.com.

About AirPhotoUSA

Since 1997, AirPhotoUSA, a GlobeXplorer company, has continuously advanced the widespread application of aerial imagery with innovation and technology in pre-packaged, value priced, visual information solutions. AirPhotoUSA is a principle resource for both off-the-shelf and custom acquired aerial imagery, producing the most current and extensive seamless nationwide imagery coverage at the highest resolution available. AirPhotoUSA serves a range of industries including Real Estate, Retail, Engineering and Environmental Consultants, Government Agencies, Utilities, Location Based Services, Visual Simulation, and Professional GIS. For more information, visit www.airphotousa.com.

About GlobeXplorer

GlobeXplorer LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 is a leading geographic data integration and publishing company providing online access to the world's largest commercial library of aerial photos, satellite imagery, geographic maps, and real property information. Through dynamic Web applications, Web services, APIs, Internet portals, and Internet-aware devices, GlobeXplorer distributes interactive geographic content via flexible subscription services. GlobeXplorer owns AirPhotoUSA, the nation's largest, high quality aerial imagery provider. For further information, contact GlobeXplorer at info@globexplorer.com or visit www.globexplorer.com. GlobeXplorer is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Stewart Information Services See Information Systems.  Corp.

About Stewart

Stewart Information Services Corp. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:STC STC Supplemental Type Certificate (FAA)
STC Society for Technical Communication
STC Subject to Change
STC Surf the Channel (website)
STC Sound Transmission Class
STC Singapore Turf Club
) is a customer-oriented, technology-driven, strategically competitive, real estate information and transaction management company. Stewart provides title insurance and related information services required for settlement by the real estate and mortgage industries through more than 9,500 policy-issuing offices and agencies in the United States and international markets. Stewart also provides post-closing lender services, mortgage default management solutions, automated county clerk land records, property ownership mapping, geographic information systems, property information reports, flood certificates, document preparation, background checks and expertise in tax-deferred exchanges. More information can be found at http://www.stewart.com.
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