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  Spatial Data Selected to Provide PSAP Location Data for Wingcast Telematics Service    
   
 
   

IRVING, TX., Jan. 2, 2002 - Spatial Data, formerly Public Safety Associates, Inc., today announced that Wingcast, LLC, a company founded by Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) the nation's foremost provider of PSAP-based location data, has selected Spatial Data to deliver PSAP Pro Database and Boundary File for the Wingcast service that launches next year. Wingcast's initial telematics service will include hands-free, high-speed data and voice services ,and will be available in certain Ford and Nissan vehicles.

"Spatial Data and Wingcast look forward to a mutually beneficial long-term relationship," said Richard A. Peters, President and CEO of Spatial Data. "Our PSAP Pro database and boundaries will enable Wingcast to deliver to their customers, the highest quality of emergency service boundaries available on the market."

Wingcast will be using PSAP Pro™ boundary data to accurately and efficiently routing E911 calls to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) to dispatch emergency personnel based on the caller's location. The PSAP Pro boundary data includes 10-digit emergency numbers, address information, administrative phone number, fax number, contact person, latitude and longitude and jurisdictional boundaries. PSAP Pro is continually verified by MapInfo and Spatial Data researchers who add new information by contacting PSAPs directly on a daily basis -- making PSAP Pro the most accurate and current database available in the U.S.

 
         
  About Wingcast, LLC    
    Wingcast, LLC ( www.wingcast.com) was created by Ford Motor Company and QUALCOMM Incorporated in October 2000 to provide telematics services -- the integration of computing and wireless telecommunications with motor vehicles to enhance safety, security, productivity and enjoyment for consumers in a mobile environment. Wingcast is dedicated to the development and delivery of advanced wireless applications and telematics services that deliver on the promise of connected freedom for mobile users both in and outside of vehicles.  
  About Spatial Data, Inc.    
    Spatial Data Inc. is the leading provider of 9-1-1 location data to wireless carriers, incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), and competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs), in the United States. Spatial Data offers the most cost-effective and accurate means of routing and delivering 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), using any type of location information technology. Spatial Data's revenue-enhancing 9-1-1 services and spatial applications are provided to industry-leading wireless applications providers and telecommunications carriers. Spatial Data's partners include MapInfo, ESRI, Oracle and Informix. Clients include AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Worldcom and Oracle. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, you can find Spatial Data on the web at http://www.spatial-data.com.  

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