February 27, 2001
Z/I Imaging Corporation and Applanix Corporation sign OEM agreement

Applanix's POS AV^™ Position and Orientation System will be available from Z/I Imaging
Huntsville, Ala., and Richmond Hill, ON, February 27, 2001 - Z/I Imaging Corporation and Applanix Corporation announced today that they have signed an OEM agreement to offer a version of Applanix's POS AV Position and Orientation System in Z/I Imaging's product line. The two companies have also agreed to work together to develop software for automatic post-processing of POS AV data.

Effective immediately, Z/I Imaging will offer two new products through its global system of subsidiaries and resellers, the POS/Z^™-510 and POS/Z-410. Based on the POS AV-510 and 410, these systems will offer integrated, upgradeable hardware components for real-time integration into Z/I Imaging's flight management systems. Z/I Imaging will also offer the POS/Z^™-510 as an option on its upcoming Digital Modular Camera (DMC) 2001.

Z/I Imaging and Applanix will also incorporate a POS mode into the next generation of ImageStation^® Automatic Triangulation (ISAT) products. This will allow fully automated block adjustment of data from any version of POS, providing automated quality checking and blunder repair for projects with and without ground control.

"Applanix is unquestionably the world's leading provider of advanced real-time positioning systems," said Lewis Graham, chief executive officer of Z/I Imaging. "Both of our companies have recognized that by tightly integrating the Applanix Position and Orientation System with Z/I Imaging's advanced automatic triangulation solutions and flight management systems, we will achieve significant improvements in both accuracy and throughput for our customers. In fact, we believe that the combination of POS AV with our new ISAT product can eliminate the need for ground control in many project scenarios while assuring the user of total quality checked results."

"We are very pleased to have signed this agreement with Z/I Imaging," said Blake Reid, president of Applanix. "Z/I Imaging is a world leader in earth imaging systems, and their selection of our technology once again endorses Applanix as the system of choice for airborne positioning. Both companies' customers will benefit greatly from the product integration and development we've agreed to undertake."

POS/Z is available immediately. ISAT with POS mode will be available in April 2001.


Z/I Imaging Background
Z/I Imaging Corporation is the world's largest company dedicated to the development and support of Earth Imaging tools. Z/I Imaging provides open Windows-based imaging solutions, including aerial cameras, stereo softcopy workstations, analytic stereo plotters, photogrammetric scanners, and image management, processing, and distribution software.

About Applanix Corporation
Applanix, a Trimble Company (NASDAQ: TRMB), develops, manufactures, sells and supports products and solutions for Mobile Mapping and Positioning. Applanix’ Position and Orientation Systems ( POS) 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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