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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Patent Awarded to MapSpeller</STRONG><FONT
face="Times New Roman">™</FONT><STRONG> Geographic
Spell-Checking</STRONG></DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>March 26, 2010</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN title="Post date" style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><FONT face=Arial
size=2><STRONG>Company:</STRONG> Edgetech America, Inc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2><STRONG>Industry:</STRONG> GIS Software Products</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2><STRONG>Location:</STRONG> Glen Allen, VA, United States of
America</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P>On March 16, 2010, the U.S. Patents and Trademark Office issued the United
States Patent No. 7,681,126 to Edgetech America, Inc. for its unique <A
href="http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/index.jsp"
target=_blank>Method for spell-checking location-bound words within a
document</A>. The cutting-edge technology enables the ArcGIS® MapSpeller™
extension to consider the real-world location of words in maps and
geodatabases when spell-checking and correcting them. </P>
<P>Such innovation greatly improves the error detection rate, and lowers false
warnings, of location-bound words such as the names of places or
streets, names in foreign languages, or any other word whose spelling
varies geographically such as "color" versus "colour". It also enables the
detection of mislabeled features and text positioning errors.</P>
<P>Edgetech will be demonstrating MapSpeller 3 at the ESRI International
User Conference in San Diego on July 13-16 (booth 2709). ArcGIS users located in
the U.S. can also download a free 90-day evaluation copy of MapSpeller at <A
href="http://www.Edgetech-US.com">www.Edgetech-US.com</A>.</P>
<P><STRONG>About Edgetech America, Inc.<BR></STRONG>Since 1995, Edgetech
America, Inc. has been offering GIS training, application development,
consulting and ESRI software to a variety of customers. In 2005,
Edgetech received the prestigious ESRI Foundation Partner Award. Edgetech is the
developer of the ArcGIS MapSpeller extension.</P>
<DIV><STRONG>Of Note</STRONG><BR>MapSpeller is a trademark of Edgetech America,
Inc. ArcGIS and ESRI are registered trademarks of Environmental Research Systems
Institute, Inc.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Contact<BR></STRONG>Mr. Denis Roose, 804-935-6935<BR><A
href="mailto:info@Edgetech-US.com">info@Edgetech-US.com</A></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.Edgetech-US.com">www.Edgetech-US.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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