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USGS Customized Maps

U.S. Department of the Interior
U.S. Geological Survey
119 National Center
Reston, VA 20192

Release:  August 26, 1999
Contact:	Jay Donnell	703-648-5395	atlasmail@usgs.gov
	Jon Campbell         703-648-4180

National Atlas Gains Partner to Shoulder Development
New electronic format will allow users to produce customized maps

Through a cooperative research and development agreement, the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) and the Chicago Map Corporation (CMC)
have formed a partnership to further the development of the National
Atlas of the United StatesTM.  The electronically based Atlas not only
provides a complete range of traditional maps, but also enables citizens
to experiment with their own individually created maps in order to
  explore the social, environmental, and historical dimensions of
American life.  With the National Atlas, children and adults can better
understand the complex relationships between the places and people
of the United States.

New products resulting from this business and government enterprise
will include electronic CD ROM and DVD formats, plus World Wide
Web-based programs and references.   CMC, a division of LEXON
Technologies, Inc., will also develop software toolkits that will allow
program developers to make use of the vast array of data being made
available through the National Atlas Project.

Begun in 1997 under the direction of the U.S. Geological Survey and
its federal partners, the National Atlas makes authoritative, reliable
geographic information more readily accessible to the public.
The USGS and CMC have agreed to pool their resources to design
National Atlas products that encourage all Americans to understand
the geographic nature of national conditions and trends.

"We are very pleased to announce this agreement," said Dr. Charles
Groat, the director of the USGS.  "The National Atlas is an extremely
ambitious undertaking. Without expert assistance from a partner
such as CMC with specialized skills in information technologies
and marketing, the USGS and its many partners in the federal
government would not be able to realize the full promise of the
National Atlas."

"The Atlas will become a pivotal feature of the 'Gateway to the Earth,'
a digital portal now being developed that will allow citizens to have
easy access to information and data on processes occurring in, on,
and around the earth," Groat said.

  "We're proud to be part of this historic undertaking," stated Steven
Peskaitis, President and CEO of Chicago Map.  "This comprehensive
research and development effort will bring new products to market
designed to allow unequaled access to geographic, historical, economic,
social, environmental, and other data about our country."

Headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, LEXON Technologies, Inc.,
is a leading Internet-based provider of innovative geo-referenceable
content and data, and offers specific content solutions to institutional,
governmental, corporate and public consumers through advanced
software applications.  Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Chicago
Map Corporation, the company creates geographic digital map
technology, including digital data integration and referencing, GPS
(Global Positioning System) navigation systems, and mobile asset
monitoring/tracking for a variety of markets.  The company has offices
in Boston, Massachusetts and Dallas, Texas.  Visit
http://www.lexontech.com/atlas for more information.

As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilian
mapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000
organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial, scientific
information to resource managers, planners, and other customers. This
information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the
oss of life and property from natural disasters, to contribute to the
conservation and the sound economic and physical development of
the nation's natural resources, and to enhance the quality of life by
monitoring water, biological, energy, and mineral resources.

The National Atlas of the United States of AmericaTM and National
Atlas of the United StatesTM are trademarks of the U.S. Geological
Survey.  The address of the National Atlas of the United States on
the World Wide Web is  http://www.nationalatlas.gov .

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