Richmond Hill, Ontario - December 17, 2008 - Applanix today launched POSPac™ MMS (Mobile Mapping Suite) 5.2, the latest release of its industry leading Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-Aided Inertial post-processing software for mobile mapping and surveying applications. New functionality includes full land-based mobile mapping support, making POSPac MMS 5.2 fully capable of processing mobile mapping data obtained from air, sea, and land platforms. POSPac MMS 5.2 now offers customers lowered costs, less complexity, and improved results in the execution of all mobile mapping mission types.

"The release of POSPac MMS 5.2 with full support for land-based operations represents a major step forward not only for our land mapping customers, but also for those customers who have mobile mapping operations in multiple environments. For them, POSPac MMS 5.2 means only having to purchase and learn a single software program, saving them time and money," said Steven Woolven, President of Applanix.

In addition to adding full support for land-based mapping, POSPac MMS 5.2 includes a Batch Manager that allows for the processing of multiple POSPac MMS projects at one time, the Applanix Smart Select technology which automatically selects, downloads and imports the best available Applanix SmartBaseTM network of reference receivers, full support for the BD960 with OmniSTAR VBS/XP/HP for AV and LV data that have OmniSTAR corrections enabled, and support for Windows XP/VISTA 32-bit and 64-bit.

POSPac MMS 5.2 supports all Applanix products and is available through the Applanix sales network. For more information on the Applanix POSPac MMS 5.2, please visit www.applanix.com.

ABOUT APPLANIX

Applanix, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), develops, manufactures, sells and supports products and solutions for Mobile Mapping and Positioning. Applanix’ products and solutions are used in a variety of applications, including road profiling, GIS data acquisition, aerial surveying and mapping, railroad track maintenance and seafloor mapping. Established in 1991, Applanix strives to support customers around the world with exceptional service.


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