VARGIS Awarded Statewide Centerline
Project by Commonwealth of Virginia

Herndon, VA., May, 2003 — VARGIS, LLC has been awarded a contract to produce a road centerline vector base map for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The centerlines will support the creation of an accurate statewide basemap for enhanced 911 response. This contract is an extension of the groundbreaking Statewide mapping effort by the Commonwealth called the Virginia Base Mapping Program (VBMP) and is funded by the Virginia E911 Wireless Services Board. VARGIS will use the VBMP ortho imagery, previously produced by VARGIS, as well as existing county and state vector files to create the new layer. The project entails new digitizing as well as conflation with current, high accuracy road centerlines. The project is scheduled for completion in December 2003.

VARGIS will collect all paved and unpaved roads that are intended for use by motorized vehicles and are clearly identifiable on the VBMP orthophotography. This includes all trails, identifiable driveways 200 feet or longer, and divided highway crossovers. The end product will be seamless across jurisdictional boundaries and across the state. Directionality and other key information will be contained in the associated database.

VARGIS is an industry leader in managing the acquisition, quality assurance and delivery of digital orthophotography and geospatial data to government and commercial clients. In eight years of operation, VARGIS has contracted for the production of digital orthoimagery covering more than 1 Million square miles nationwide. VARGIS is currently the prime contractor on statewide orthoimagery projects in Virginia, New York and Michigan. VARGIS also manages sales of all commercial off the shelf ortho imagery products, and sales and creation of geospatial datasets to diverse markets.

For further information on the new locations or services contact VARGIS at 703-834-0225 or at varinfo@vargis.com. VARGIS is headquartered at 100 Carpenter Drive, Suite 200, Sterling, VA 20164.