9-1-1 Call Center to Benefit from High-Resolution, Oblique Aerial Photos

ROCHESTER, NY - October 17, 2005 - Pictometry International Corp., the worldwide leader in digital, aerial oblique imagery and measuring software, announced today that the State of Rhode Island has become the second state to license its imagery and software, and the first state in the country to use its technology in a 9-1-1 application. Rhode Island is also the first state to plan for ultimate statewide 9-1-1 usage of the system. The Rhode Island E9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System is utilizing the imagery and software as part of a pilot program that is being tested in four major cities of the state: Cranston, Newport, Providence, and Warwick. Funding for the pilot program was provided from a homeland security grant.

Pictometry imagery and software enables Rhode Island's 9-1-1 telecommunicators and local first responders to access up to 12 different high-resolution views of any property, building, highway, or other feature in the testing areas. The software also provides users with the ability to obtain measurements such as distance, height, elevation, and area directly from the oblique imagery as well as insert GIS content and other data.

The system has received wide support from numerous public officials in the state. "In Rhode Island, we are committed to arming our 9-1-1 call takers, dispatchers, police, and firefighters with a thorough understanding of the emergency they are responding to," said Governor Carcieri. "This imaging will enable dispatchers to view a location from many different angles. That means that first responders will be equipped with all of the pertinent information before they get to the scene."

"The nature of our business compels us to continuously find new ways to improve our call taking and dispatcher responses," said Raymond R. LaBelle, executive director of the Rhode Island Enhanced 9-1-1 Uniform Emergency Telephone System. "Seconds count in 9-1-1 situations and we now have the technology in place that will provide a remarkable way to help our call takers and dispatchers to better assist the citizens of Rhode Island. This is clearly our system of the future."

The visual information system was first presented to the Rhode Island Emergency Management Advisory Council currently chaired by the Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island, Charles J. Fogarty, where it was officially endorsed.

Pictometry Chief Marketing Officer Dante Pennacchia said, "We are very excited to be part of this state-level 9-1-1 pilot program. We anticipate that Rhode Island will be the first of many states that will implement the use of Pictometry for their 9-1-1 and public safety needs."

About Pictometry
Pictometry International is a rapidly growing software company that provides visual information systems. The company's patented imaging process captures georeferenced, high-resolution oblique (at an angle - natural view) and orthogonal (straight down) digital images of counties and states. Combined with the company's interactive software solution, users can see everywhere, measure anything, and plan everything. The company has a growing customer base exceeding 125 counties, the State of Massachusetts, the State of Rhode Island, federal government organizations, as well as private business users. Major metropolitan areas using Pictometry include Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. Applications include 9-1-1, appraisers, assessors, emergency management agencies, engineering, financial institutions, fire departments, GIS, golf communities, homeland security, insurance, law enforcement, planning officials, real estate, and transportation. Pictometry is a second order visualization tool that does not produce authoritative or definitive information (surveying) from its aerial images. For more information on Pictometry, visit www.pictometry.com.