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Facet Technology Corporation Deploys State-of-the-art Mobile Data Acquisition Vehicle

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, December 10, 2001— Facet Technology Corporation, a computer vision software and services company, announced today the availability of the Mobile360™ data acquisition vehicle for transportation and mapping projects. The Mobile360™ architecture employs up to twelve high-resolution (1280x960 pixels) digital cameras for gathering full views of the driven roadways.

Asset inventory creation requires precise location and measurement of infrastructure assets. Until now, no road-based vehicles offered an entire suite of capabilities tailored to transportation asset management.

“Our transportation customers have traditionally been forced to choose between camera resolution, positional accuracy and multiple sets of cameras,” said Steve Steinke, Market Manager for 3M Traffic Control Materials Division. “The Mobile360™ data converges all of these capabilities, thus allowing our transportation customers to realize good positional accuracy with crisp, clean images of their assets.”

“It was important for Mobile360™ to utilize a fully digital process with many cameras,” added Robert Laumeyer, Facet Technology Corporation Chief Technical Officer. “With the advances in digital storage media, we can utilize over one terabyte of on-board removable storage in Mobile360™ vehicles. This capability was crucial for the rapid management cycles required by 3M projects.”

About Facet Technology Corporation

Facet Technology Corporation is a Minneapolis-based software and services company that is utilizing computer vision technology to serve customers in the transportation, mapping, telecom and natural food processing markets. Visit www.facet-tech.com to explore the company’s full range of products, services and capabilities. Send inquiries to .