Business Editors/Technology Writers

FRANKFORT, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 2003

PlanGraphics, Inc. (OTCBB:PGRA), working with Halcrow Group, Ltd. of London, England has been awarded a contract to aid the Second Beijing Environment Project with GIS needs assessment for the sewage component of the project.

PlanGraphics will assess the need for establishing a drainage-sewerage GIS system, review alternative GIS system designs that can be developed for the Beijing Municipal Drainage Group (BDG), define the scope of implementation with BDG and prepare an implementation program for deploying the BDG GIS. The team will conduct detailed information collection and clarification exercises that will enable them to draft a requirement analysis and conceptual design document that will lead to a GIS needs assessment report and a case study report, followed by review workshops and the preparation of a GIS implementation plan.

Halcrow Group, Ltd. is an independent provider of infrastructure-based business solutions. Specializing in the transport, water and property sectors, it offers professional consultancy resources for the planning, design and supervision of development on a global basis.

PlanGraphics, founded in 1979, is a full life-cycle systems integration and implementation firm providing a broad range of services in the design and implementation of information technology in the public and commercial sectors. PlanGraphics' experience with spatial information systems and e-services capabilities provides a critical discriminator among other IT consulting and integration firms. PlanGraphics is headquartered in Frankfort, Ky., and has regional offices in Maryland, Colorado, California, Rhode Island, and New York. On the Internet: www.plangraphics.com.