Press Release

For Immediate Release 8 AM PDT, July 15, 2005
Contact: Heather Christopher
Marshall Marketing Administrator
(360) 352-1279
hchristopher@marshallgis.com

Marshall Partners with Trimble to Extend GIS/GPS Business Applications to the Field
Marshall Integrates GeoResults Mobile with Trimble's Mapping and GIS Technology

Olympia, WA - July 15, 2005 - Marshall and Associates, Inc., today announced a business partner agreement with Trimble enabling integration of GeoResults Mobile for ArcGIS™ software with Trimble's GPS technology, including the GeoExplorer® series of rugged GPS handheld receivers, the GPS Pathfinder® systems, and the new GPS Pathfinder ProXH™ receiver. The result is a wireless-capable, smart client, GIS/GPS field data application for mobile field workers. GeoResults Mobile is powered by Microsoft® .NET and ESRI ArcGIS Engine. It is an ideal solution for organizations and agencies that need to access and update maps and associated enterprise data in the field.

The combination of Marshall and Trimble technologies offers organizations the ability to extend their enterprise to the field to automate their mobile field business processes. Interoperability between Trimble and ESRI technologies allows mobile users to validate their GIS data and associated corporate data, resulting in significant gains in field crew productivity.

With Marshall's GeoResults Mobile, enabled with Trimble GPS, field crews can bring their GIS and other corporate data to the field for asset condition updates, maintenance, field data collection, redlining, work management, and similar tasks. Once completed, fieldwork results are automatically updated and posted back to the server via a wireless network, or when the mobile device is docked. This process ensures accurate and timely information updates are posted and shared throughout the corporate environment.

Martin County, Florida's Public Works Department is one of the early adopters of GeoResults Mobile. GeoResults Mobile "enhances the capabilities of our existing Hansen and ESRI applications… (and) enables us to process inspections, work orders, and service requests in the field, real-time," said Kimberly M. Roden, County Operations Manager.
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