ASIM Hires GIS Manager

Vancouver, BC – October 4, 2005 - Atticus Spatial Information Management Ltd. is pleased to announce the hiring of Mark Laudon as the firm's GIS Manager. Mr. Laudon, a certified GIS Professional, joins ASIM with more than 12 years of GIS software development, GIS management and advanced GIS analysis experience gained through his previous employment with both a large BC forestry software company and the largest BC Forestry Company.

“ASIM’s business vision has real growth opportunities, which will allow me to further develop my skills,” said Mr. Laudon. “The Company’s desktop mapping application CoreMIS is a genuine cost-effective solution for many BC forestry companies and other sectors. I am excited to be part of this client oriented firm and want to contribute to ASIM’s success in achieving these opportunities in front of us.”

"We are happy and fortunate to have someone of Mark’s credentials and unique expertise become part of our team," said Warren Eng, Managing Director of ASIM. "Mark is an excellent fit for ASIM and his hiring, like our new corporate logo, is part of our commitment to being a software developer and forestry-consulting firm specializing in software applications for the forest sector. Our commitment includes achieving superior customer service, product performance and reliability in delivering easy to use technological solutions to our forestry clients,” added Mr. Eng.

Mr. Eng commented that Mark’s hiring is perfect timing as ASIM is less than a month a way from releasing their ArcGIS based version of CoreMIS.

ASIM is a software development and forestry-consulting firm specializing in software applications and information management for the forest sector. Their unique integration of business expertise combined with their business partners has given rise to ASIM developing an unparalleled desktop mapping application and information management solution for small, medium and large forestry companies and organizations. CoreMIS the first easy to use, cost effective and practical desktop mapping application built for the BC forest industry. This product is supported by ASIM’s seasoned forest inventory specialists, Geographic Information System experts and resource planning foresters.

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