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MapQuest Teams with Leading Real Estate Information Provider to Be Exclusive Provider of Mapping Services to More Than 350,000 Real Estate Agents Nationwide

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DULLES, Va., Nov 26, 2002 - MapQuest Business Solutions Provides FNIS with Enterprise Suite of Mapping Products to Improve the Way Their Customers Do Business

MapQuest, the world's leading online mapping, routing and global location services company and wholly owned subsidiary of America Online, Inc., today announced an exclusive agreement with the nation's most comprehensive source for real estate-related solutions and services, Fidelity National Information Solutions (NASDAQ:FNIS), to integrate MapQuest's leading maps and directions within their suite of data and technology solutions for real estate professionals. FNIS' MLS systems and productivity tools are used by more than 300,000 of the nation's real estate professionals and over half of the nation's MLS boards.

Under the new agreement, FNIS has licensed MapQuest's Enterprise suite of customizable and advanced mapping tools from MapQuest Business Solutions. These tools enable FNIS to expand product functionality and improve customer satisfaction. When agents use either of these leading products they are empowered to make more informed decisions based on MapQuest's industry-leading mapping tools, driving directions and other location-based applications.

For instance, real estate agents utilizing MapQuest tools through FNIS systems will be able to accurately pinpoint the location of properties, map the best routes to those properties and provide accurate directional information to their customers. They will also be able to research travel distances to surrounding areas and points of interest.

"We are thrilled to be working with FNIS to provide MapQuest tools that make their products even better and increase their value to the real estate community," said Tommy McGloin, Senior Vice President and General Manager of MapQuest.

"MapQuest's customizable solutions and industry-leading mapping technology are exactly what our customers need to improve the way they do business," said FNIS President and Chief Operating Officer Dwayne Walker. "Both MapQuest and FNIS are leaders in their respective categories, and together we provide the leading online resource for real estate professionals."

MapQuest's Business Solutions group is the preferred provider of a full range of mapping and routing solutions to more than 1,400 leading businesses across key categories, including retail, healthcare, financial, real estate, travel and automotive. MapQuest Business Solutions allows businesses to map-enable their Web sites, company Intranet and call-center applications for improved marketing and customer service functionality. The flexible and scalable suite of products includes interactive maps, powerful proximity search functionality, business locator applications, point-to-point driving directions and much more.

More information about MapQuest Business Solutions can be found at www.mapquest.com/solutions/product.adp or by calling 1-888-627-7837. Annual license fees are based upon business and technical needs.

About MapQuest

MapQuest, a wholly owned subsidiary of America Online, Inc., is a leading provider of online mapping, directions and destination information and location-based services to consumers and businesses anytime, anywhere. Ranked among the most powerful U.S. brands on the Internet, MapQuest.com is consistently the #1 mapping Web site and travel Web site according to Media Metrix data. It generates the majority of all Internet mapping page views, licenses its technologies to thousands of business partners and is linked to by hundreds of thousands of other Web sites.

About America Online

America Online, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL Time Warner (NYSE: AOL). Based in Dulles, Virginia, America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.

About Fidelity National Information Solutions

Fidelity National Information Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNIS) provides technology, data, solutions and services to lenders, real estate professionals, settlement companies, vendors and other participants in the real estate industry. The data segment targets the information needs of lenders, originators, real estate professionals and residential loan servicers and provides the data solutions that these mortgage professionals require in selling homes and underwriting mortgage loans. The solutions division provides technology products and services. FNIS is the nation's largest provider of Multiple Listing Services (MLS) systems and also supplies tools that allow real estate professionals to improve efficiency, lower costs, reduce risks and better manage and operate their businesses. The services segment adds value by combining manual intervention, outsourcing or process improvement with one or more of the company's technology, data solutions or service components.

FNIS is a majority-owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), a Fortune 500 Company and the nation's largest title insurance and diversified real estate-related services company. FNF's title insurance underwriters -- Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title -- together issue approximately 30 percent of all Title insurance policies nationally. The company provides title insurance in 49 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada.

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