Mapping Software for PDA Saves EMT Time, Saves Lives

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2003 -- When a call comes in to the Red Lion, PA Ambulance Association, time is of the essence. In the emergency medical world, a person's life may literally hang in the balance while an ambulance rushes to the scene. Shaving even a few seconds off of the response time may be the difference between life and death.

When EMT Frank Kiehner responds to a call he is aided by Mapopolis, software that generates turn-by-turn directions to the emergency-site, right on his Palm Handheld. The ambulances do have books that drivers can look in to find the same information, but it can add minutes to the response time as the correct address is located, and then the route is manually mapped out. Those minutes could be critical!

"Hasn't failed me yet," said Frank Kiehner, "It saves my partner from having to look at a couple of map pages and getting a route of travel set up." With Mapopolis' GeoMarks technology, Frank can quickly select the stored current or base location, and then needs only key in the destination address provided by the dispatcher.

The software is used by many emergency responders like Frank to help in responding to situations ranging from heart attacks to riots. When time is of the essence and mobility is required, Mapopolis and a Palm handheld are the solution of choice.

"It's all about how fast you can get there," said Mapopolis Vice President Jeremy Straub, "and when using a map book, you are forced to choose between the time it takes to figure out the best route and the need to start moving in the correct direction. With Mapopolis, you no longer are forced to make this trade-off; you get the best route in a fraction of the time that it takes to manually find a potentially-slower route."

Mapopolis has been producing PDA mapping products since 1999 when Mapopolis 1.0 for the Palm OS was launched. The software is used every day by hundreds of thousands of consumers, business professionals and emergency responders. Mapopolis products are available for the Palm OS, Pocket PC and RIM/Blackberry from the company's website at http://www.mapopolis.com .

Contact: Jeremy Straub, +1 (216) 835-9070, JStraub@mapopolis.com

SOURCE Mapopolis.Com, Inc.

Web Site: http://www.mapopolis.com