Hemisphere GPS Forms Alliance with Third Eye Maps for Aerial Imagery Services

The captured imagery data is post-processed and formatted intodigital files which are compatible with most GPS assisted spray systemsincluding the Hemisphere GPS Air IntelliFlow(TM) and IntelliGate(TM) liquidand dry flow control systems, respectively. "This combination of technologies provides our customers with valuable data that can be used in conjunction with automated spray applications;whether they are simply turning a spray on and off, or using it with fullvariable rate treatment in aerial or ground applicators" says Kip Pendleton,Vice-president and General Manager of Agriculture. "Growers, pilots andlandowners can now spot spray areas as small as one-tenth of an acre in amore precise and cost effective manner." Third Eye Maps brings more than 20 years of vegetation mapping and land management experience to Hemisphere GPS.

The combination of Hemisphere GPS'advanced guidance and flow control systems and Third Eye Maps' aerial mappingtechnology and services offers Hemisphere GPS' customers a more complete solution for imagery usage, data management and spray efficiency.About Third Eye Maps Based in Lubbock, Texas, Third Eye Maps provides high quality imagery foragriculture and land management applications. The company augments existing imagery and collects new aerial imagery using multi spectral camera systems.For agriculture, Third Eye Maps imagery data is used for planting,fertilizing, and species-specific spraying operations.About Hemisphere GPS Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures innovative, cost-effective GPS products for positioning, guidance and machine control applications in agriculture, marine and other markets. The Company holds numerous patents andother intellectual property and owns leading brand names, including Outback Guidance(R) and BEELINE(R), two of the leading brands in precision GPS forground agriculture.

The Company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, withmajor product development, sales, and marketing facilities in Arizona, Kansas and Australia. Hemisphere GPS is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)trading under the symbol "HEM" and is one of the TSX Cleantech designatedcompanies. For more information about Hemisphere GPS, please go towww.hemispheregps.com. The above disclosure contains certain forward-looking statements thatinvolve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Theseforward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties,certain of which are beyond Hemisphere GPS' control, including: the impact ofgeneral economic conditions, industry conditions, increased competition, thelack of availability of qualified personnel or management, fluctuations inforeign exchange or interest rates, stock market volatility and marketvaluations of companies with respect to the announced transactions and thefinal valuations thereof, and obtaining required approvals of regulatoryauthorities. Hemisphere GPS' actual results, performance or achievement coulddiffer materially from those expressed in, or implied by theseforward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurances can be given thatany of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements willtranspire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits, including theamount of proceed, that Hemisphere GPS will derive there from. For further information: Greg Guyette, Director of Sales & Marketing, Air,Hemisphere GPS, Phone: (480) 348-6338, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ,www.hemispheregps.com; Cory Pala, Investor Relations, E.vestor CommunicationsInc., (416) 657-2400, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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