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To: tech101 who wrote (44)11/3/2006 12:10:38 PM
From: tech101  Respond to of 211
 
NAVTEQ(R) Map Data Now Offered by Intergraph

Wednesday November 1, 11:18 am ET

CHICAGO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT - News), a leading global provider of digital map data for location-based solutions and vehicle navigation and INTEGRAPH, a global leader of spatial information management software are working together to provide worldwide government and transportation organizations with mobile and dispatch solutions enhanced with NAVTEQ data.

NAVTEQ's map database will enhance Intergraph's spatial technologies, delivering real-time geospatial information. As a result, mobile personnel and dispatchers will have access to detailed road attributes including turn restrictions and relative road crossing heights, road segment access restrictions, one-way streets and speed categories. This data will optimize routing with Intergraph's technologies, creating a foundation for voiceless dispatch, status updates, and queries within a single application.

"Intergraph is committed to providing the industries we serve with solutions for building and managing complex systems and operations," said Steve Reed, Director, Strategic Alliances and Partnerships, Intergraph. "Today's Government and transportation organizations require real-time information with legal and physical routing attributes, such as one way streets, bridge heights and turn restrictions. By teaming with NAVTEQ, Intergraph will deliver software solutions, enhanced with reliable map data that is compatible with industry standards, ultimately increasing efficiency and effectiveness for mobile personnel and dispatchers."

According to Vice President and General Manager of NAVTEQ Business and Government Solutions Roy Kolstad, "NAVTEQ's support of Intergraph's map data requirements underscores the growing public and private sector need for real-time geospatial data. Together, NAVTEQ and Intergraph can assist organizations as they incorporate geospatial solutions to further their business needs and objectives."

About Intergraph

Intergraph Corporation (Nasdaq: INGR - News) is the leading global provider of spatial information management (SIM) software. Security organizations, businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on the company's spatial technology and services to make better and faster operational decisions. Intergraph's customers organize vast amounts of complex data into understandable visual representations, creating intelligent maps, managing assets, building and operating better plants and ships and protecting critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world. For more information, visit intergraph.com .

About NAVTEQ

NAVTEQ is a leading provider of comprehensive digital map information for automotive navigation systems, mobile navigation devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the digital maps and map content that power navigation and location-based services solutions around the world. The Chicago-based company was founded in 1985 and has approximately 2,100 employees located in 139 offices in 25 countries.

NAVTEQ is a trademark in the U.S. and other countries.

This document may include certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts and statements identified by words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "seeks", "estimates" or words of similar meaning. These statements are based on our current beliefs or expectations and are inherently subject to various risks and uncertainties, including those set forth under "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2006, in each case as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Actual results may differ materially from these expectations due to changes in global political, economic, business, competitive, market and regulatory factors. NAVTEQ does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this document.

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