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October 22nd, 2018
Geomni Forms Strategic Alliance with Skyline Software Systems to Develop Premium 2D and 3D U.S. Geospatial Mapping Solution

Jersey City, N.J., and Herndon, Va. — Geomni, a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, and Skyline Software Systems, Inc., today announced a strategic alliance to create a web-based, high-resolution 3D geospatial mapping solution for the United States. Called Skyline Atlas, the industry-leading solution will be available early 2019. This Internet-enabled service will be made commercially available to customers of both Geomni and Skyline.

Skyline Atlas-US serves to provide customers with cost effective, geo-referenced 2D and 3D maps by leveraging Geomni’s extensive aerial survey capabilities and vast library of high-resolution imagery. The process includes Skyline’s complete 3D authoring, streaming, and web-based visualization toolkits. Starting with an initial five U.S. cities, Skyline Atlas-US along with Geomni plans to add one to two cities per month. The service provides customers with many different flexible pricing options depending on their needs.

“Geomni is the perfect content ally to deliver this new service, which provides extremely cost-effective 2D and 3D geospatial maps for a wide number of applications,” stated Skyline’s President and CEO Robert Peters. “Geomni has extensive aerial survey and mapping resources.”

“What differentiates our solutions are Geomni’s deep commitment to constantly source fresh high-resolution imagery and LiDAR on an unprecedented scale, our investment in superior technology, our technical capability, and the proprietary data available within the Verisk enterprise,” said Geomni President Jeffrey C. Taylor.

About Skyline Software Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1997, Skyline Software Systems, Inc., is a leading provider of 3D earth visualization software and services. The company offers a comprehensive platform of applications, tools, and services that enable the creation and dissemination of interactive, photo-realistic 3D environments. Skyline has built a “best of breed” set of tools that remain focused on the needs of its customers, including flexibility, efficiency, and robustness. More information is available at www.skylineglobe.com and on our Skyline YouTube video page.

About Geomni
Geomni, a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, provides mapping professionals and departments important terrestrial data that supports their need to accurately record our ever-changing world. Geomni has the largest library of high-resolution oblique and nadir imagery, concurrently captured with LiDAR. From cities and forestry to coastal change, landfill monitoring to landslide prediction, Geomni serves thousands of new projects each year with the latest technologies in aircraft efficiency and sensor advancement. Learn more at www.geomni.net/psm.