Earthmine and Aero-Metric Partner to Bring Street-Level Data Sets to U.S. Mapping Market

Deal Provides Customers with Comprehensive, Detailed and Accurate Source of Geospatial Data.

Berkeley, CA and Sheboygan, WI – December 8, 2009 – earthmine incorporated and Aero-Metric, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance designed to bring terrestrial and aerial remote sensing products to the professional mapping market in the United States. Aerometric, a leading U.S. aerial mapping company with offices in 12 states, has become an earthmine Project Partner, offering the value-added resale of earthmine’s street-level 3D data, software and services. earthmine and Aero-Metric’s collaboration will provide customers throughout the Unites States tightly integrated aerial and street-level data sets for a wide variety of asset inventory and conditional assessment applications, as well as advanced 2D and 3D geo-spatial products and solutions.

According to Terry Keating, CTO, Aero-Metric, "earthmine has an exciting street-level 3D mapping technology that not only complements, but expands our current service offering. Aero-Metric clients are now able to inspect and measure their assets and infrastructure through high resolution 360o panoramic imagery without leaving their office. All mobile mapping projects will have the option to be delivered as a hosted solution, minimizing data handling, and capital investments in hardware and software for our clients. This new capability will be integrated into all our product offerings, starting with our local government and transportation mapping applications."

"We are proud to announce our partnership with Aero-Metric, a premier aerial mapping company with a broad customer base throughout the United States," said Anthony Fassero, earthmine’s co-CEO. "Aero-Metric’s vision for merging their existing aerial mapping capabilities with earthmine’s mobile 3D mapping solution gives customers a product that is truly greater than sum of its parts."
 
earthmine’s mobile 3D mapping solution consists of vehicle-based mobile mapping systems, automated data processing, online hosting services or end-user hosted options, as well as developer tools for integration with existing data sets and information systems. earthmine Partners provide market and customer specific solutions that include earthmine’s solution, as well as other value added products and services. earthmine technology is used by internet, mobile, mapping, GIS, safety, and security markets worldwide in the United States, Mexico, Canada, France and Australia, as well as other countries around the world.
 
About Aero-Metric, Inc.
Aero-Metric is a full-service geospatial solutions company built on over eight decades of consistent, quality service and enduring client relationships. The firm offers a comprehensive range of mapping and GIS services including the latest in mobile, photogrammetric, lidar, satellite and airborne imaging technology and has earned a reputation for technical excellence, superior service and on-time delivery. More information about Aero-Metric can be found at www.aerometric.com.
 
About earthmine
earthmine inc. is a street level 3D mapping company that provides complete software, data and services to those who gather, analyze and communicate location-based information from a street-level perspective. The earthmine suite of solutions enable better informed and more effective geospatial decision making by delivering a highly accurate and realistic user experience that can be easily viewed, annotated, analyzed, measured and shared. The company, headquartered in Berkeley, California, was founded in 2006 and is privately-held. For more information, visit www.earthmine.com or follow earthmine on Twitter at http://twitter.com/earthmine