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CompassCom Introduces Solution for Tracking Vehicles with Mobile Computers

www.compasscom.com

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CENTENNIAL, COLORADO, 24 June 2002 – CompassCom, Inc. today introduced CompassTrac Mobile, a new software product that displays Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) information on a mobile computer in the field where public safety commanders and fleet managers often need it the most.

CompassTrac Mobile is the latest product in CompassCom’s suite of asset tracking and location based service products. CompassTrac Mobile is an in-vehicle AVL solution that tracks and displays the location and status of vehicles in multiple fleets on a single display.

"CompassTrac Mobile will aid police and fire commanders with their Homeland Security efforts by monitoring incident locations and reducing response times for emergency personnel," said CompassCom President and CEO, W. Brant Howard.

CompassTrac Mobile can be installed on a laptop computer or other portable display device with a wireless data communication link and mounted in a command vehicle or carried into the field. Emergency response field commanders no longer need to rely on secondhand information from dispatchers because CompassTrac Mobile allows them to monitor vehicles while traveling to an emergency.

Features of CompassTrac Mobile include n 2-way text messaging which relays text messages between dispatch and mobile units, and n Vehicle status messaging which sends a vehicle status message to a computer aided dispatch system by request either in specified increments or in real-time.

CompassTrac Mobile allows any commander or dispatcher to see the fleet on a digital map display, view incident locations, and estimate time of arrival.

"With a growing number of Field Commanders relying on CompassCom products, CompassTrac Mobile, a new addition to the CompassCom’s suite of products, will aid Public Safety Entities with their Homeland Security initiatives," said Montie Carr, CompassCom’s Chief Marketing Officer.

CompassCom was established in 1994 as a product and service provider for Global Positioning System (GPS), Geographic Information System (GIS), and Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) markets. CompassCom offers complete GPS and GIS solutions as a business partner with Trimble Navigation, ESRI Inc., AT&T Wireless Services and Laser Technology, Inc.

Contact:
CompassCom Inc.
6770 S. Dawson Circle, Unit 1A
Centennial, CO 80112-4224
Ph: 303-680-3221
www.compasscom.com

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