FlyOver Maps Partnership Agreement with Xypoint; New Location Based Imagery Technology to Integrate with Xypoint's Platform to Deliver Realistic Experience on Mobile Devices.Business Editors/Technology Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 24, 2000 Xypoint, operating the leading software and network services platform for wireless location and commerce, today announced a partnership agreement with FlyOver Technologies, Inc. a provider of unified solutions for geographic referenced satellite imagery Satellite imagery consists of photographs of Earth or other planets made from artificial satellites. History The first satellite photographs of Earth were made August 14, 1959 by the US satellite Explorer 6. . Under the agreement, the companies will integrate their platforms to present relevant location information of aerial or satellite images to mobile users. FlyOver's technology allows the transmission of a high-resolution, color image A (digital) color image is a digital image that includes color information for each pixel. For visually acceptable results, it is necessary (and almost sufficient) to provide three samples (color channels of an entire metropolitan area over narrow bandwidth communication such as a cell phone. "Xypoint's platform provides a very simple way to tap into location information generated by wireless carriers. By integrating it with FlyOver technology, one can tap the power of phone location services See mobile positioning. by enhancing the experience with real imagery." said Ken Arneson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Xypoint Corporation. "FlyOver makes streaming images to wireless devices both realistic and usable," said Isaac Levanon, chairman and CEO of FlyOver Technologies. "This partnership with Xypoint enables mobile consumer to enjoy location-relevant satellite or aerial images." Xypoint's platform combines mobile positioning The ability to pinpoint the location of a mobile caller or vehicle in transit. These location-based services (LBS) are used for emergency purposes as well as enhanced business applications such as location-sensitive billing, traffic updates, fleet management and asset and people tracking. with SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. , voice recognition, text-to-speech, privacy and presence technology to offer wireless carriers a fully integrated platform for mobile commerce and location. The Xypoint platform intelligently routes commerce, content, and location data from multiple applications through the wireless network. The platform already leads the nation for commercial location services with more than 5 million subscribers utilizing the company's wireless E911 location services. FlyOver technology allows the user to fly over an extremely large, high resolution, true color (1) Specifically, refers to 16,777,216 colors (24-bit color). See high color. (2) Generically, refers to photo-realistic color (typically requires 24-bit color as a minimum). image with continuous, smooth panning and zooming capabilities streamed over the Internet and wireless networks. The technology is an advance over current mapping technologies that require a small, low resolution map to be refreshed each time the user wants to pan or zoom. About Xypoint Xypoint hosts the leading software and network services platform for wireless location and commerce. Xypoint enables content providers, merchants and corporations to provide their customers and employees the ability to access and act upon relevant information via any wireless device. Since its founding in 1996, the company has pioneered the field of "location technology" vital to E911 service and now generates revenues from more than 5 million subscribers. This year, the company launched Infolink(TM), the first Internet service to work with any digital phone, and Nomad(TM), a wireless e-mail service See Internet e-mail service. that allows subscribers to access and respond to e-mail anytime anywhere, on their current digital phone. Consumers can register for Infolink and other Xypoint services at www.webwirelessnow.com. Xypoint serves numerous corporations including Verizon, U.S. Cellular U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) is a super-regional cellular telephone provider, serving 5.8 million customers in 189 markets in 26 U.S. states. The company was created in 1983 as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Since April 2000, John E. , Cricket Communications Cricket Communications, Inc. is a subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. It offers wireless service without credit checks or long-term commitments. Customers can purchase plans giving them access to unlimited local calls; unlimited U.S. and 12 other carriers. Additionally, Xypoint has partnered with Critical Path, Nessicom, NextBus, Vicinity, GeoVector and AltaVista, along with Paging Network Inc., Metrocall Inc., and WebLinkWireless. For more information about Xypoint, please visit www.xypoint.com. About FlyOver Technologies Located in San Jose, Calif., with an R&D center in Israel, FlyOver has created the most efficient large, high resolution color image streaming with 3D fly over capabilities for geo-reference content and commerce. The company will deliver Application Server platform for providing plug-and-play access to content and commerce providers over low broadband networks of both dial-up modem Web and wireless cell phone. The company will partner with the world's leading cell phone service and equipment providers, wireless terminal manufactures of PDAs, Pocket PCs and Cell Phones, content publishers, remote sensing data providers and online portal sites to offer realistic reference and entertainment experiences for mobile users. |
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