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GeoNova Publishing Releases New Travel Applications for iPhone and iPod Touch on the Apple iPhone App Store

LANCASTER, Pa.--April 6, 2009-- GeoNova Publishing, Inc. announced today a new iPhone travel application, DISCOVERY GUIDE MAP WASHINGTON DC, the first in a series of guides which also include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas, Manhattan, New Orleans, Orlando, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

The company’s new city DISCOVERY GUIDE MAP applications are designed for intuitive reference by first-time visitors to major U.S. destinations, offering mobile access to interactive downtown maps. Each app features a handy "Locate Me" button that instantly marks the user’s exact location with a red pin on a city map. These maps also show the locations of all the must-see attractions in town. Every attraction location is hot-linked to its web site, giving tourists quick access to useful online information from their mobile devices as they explore a new city.

“New DISCOVERY GUIDE MAP applications put practical tools for urban exploration in your pocket,” says Jim Hilliard, Executive Vice President for GeoNova. “They provide immediate interaction with all of the interesting attractions that each destination has to offer. Tourists can use these mobile apps to enrich their travel experiences, on the spot and in real time.”

New DISCOVERY GUIDE MAP iPhone applications for U.S. cities sell for $1.99 on the iTunes App Store. More information about the new applications is available at http://GeoNovaGroup.com/ProdServ.aspx?catId=c11


About GeoNova Publishing, Inc.

GeoNova adds value to published products across all media, including print and online applications. The company is the leading North American supplier of mapping content and packaged geographic products to corporations, publishers and retailers. GeoNova also creates digital mapping content and new media applications for web sites and mobile devices. GeoNova supplies the hospitality, automotive, telecommunications, and travel markets with high-value location and mapping solutions for product, logistical, marketing, and customer service needs. The company has been a primary map supplier for most major American K-12 social studies curriculum programs. GeoNova operates an online map licensing resource at StockMaps.com More information is available at www.geonovagroup.com.

GeoNova is a wholly-owned subsidiary of HowStuffWorks.com, the leading source of credible, unbiased, and easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works.

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Media inquiries and review copy requests:
GeoNova Publishing, Inc.
Ed Kladky, 717-735-1509
ekladky@geonovagroup.com

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