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St. John's, NL, Canada, January 9,
2005-- Nautical Data International, Inc. ("NDI") has an ongoing agreement (the "Agreement") with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans ("DFO") - the Canadian Hydrographic Service ("CHS"). The Agreement gives NDI the sole worldwide right and license to use, and sublicense the use of, any data owned by Canada and maintained by the Canadian Hydrographic Service to produce Products and Product Updates, to integrate these Products with other products or services and to distribute them directly or through third party distributors and value added resellers.
A dispute has arisen between CHS and NDI, and DFO has purported to terminate the Agreement, but NDI has taken legal advice that the Agreement remains in full force and effect.
NDI remains committed to work with CHS and DFO to ensure continued distribution, services and support to Canadian boaters and users of the Canadian digital charts without interruption. Business will carry on, and NDI shall continue to support its licensees, distributors, dealers and customers.
NDI is the sole worldwide distributor of the official Canadian electronic navigation charts and other digital nautical information under a under a multi-year agreement with the Government of Canada. In partnership with the Canadian Hydrographic Service, NDI has successfully developed a comprehensive digital cartography database comprised of thousands of nautical charts and other marine information covering navigable Canadian waters and coastal zones.
A privately held Canadian company based in St. John's, Newfoundland, NDI distributes its CHS certified data products under the brand DigitalOcean® for recreational boating, sports fishing, and commercial navigation purposes as well as for other non-navigation applications.
Nautical Data International, Inc.
Greg Mercer, Executive Vice President
email: gmercer@digitalocean.ca
phone: (709) 576-0634
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