Hemisphere GPS Announces New Earthworks(R) Dealers

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, Aug. 12 /CNW/ - (TSX: HEM) Hemisphere GPS is proud to announce the addition of three new Earthworks dealers to the company's distribution network. They serve a range of territory including mid-Atlantic and Western States. Each channel partner will represent the Hemisphere GPS Earthworks product portfolio including the X200 excavator machine guidance system.

Hemisphere GPS established agreements with the following North American dealerships:

    
    -   Rocky Mountain Laser is a construction technology dealership
        specializing in the sale of GPS, machine control and laser systems
        and will serve Earthworks customers throughout Colorado and Wyoming.

    -   Print-O-Stat specializes in the supply of surveying equipment and
        will represent Earthworks products in eight locations across the mid-
        Atlantic states including Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey,
        Virginia and West Virginia.

    -   Engineering Supply Company, based in Concord, California, specializes
        in precise positioning and will serve Earthworks customers in
        Northern California.
    

"We are excited to partner with these successful and very capable dealers and look forward to expanding our business," says John Bohlke, General Manager of Earthworks at Hemisphere GPS. "The new dealers will provide added value to our customers through the installation, support, service and sale of our Earthworks products."

Hemisphere GPS Earthworks products build on the company's proven technology being used in agriculture, aerial, marine and survey applications to further meet the needs of the construction industry. Earthworks is focused on providing construction specific solutions used to guide and control earth-moving machinery.

Hemisphere GPS is seeking additional Earthworks channel partners in the US and Canada. For more information on Hemisphere GPS' Earthworks business, please visit www.hemispheregps.com.

About Hemisphere GPS

Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures innovative, cost-effective GPS products for positioning, guidance, and machine control applications in agriculture, marine, construction, and other markets. The Company holds numerous patents and other intellectual property and owns several leading brand names, including Outback Guidance(R), a leading brand in precision GPS for agriculture. The Company is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, with major 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 designated companies. For more information about Hemisphere GPS, please go to www.hemispheregps.com.

The above disclosure contains certain forward-looking statements that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond Hemisphere GPS' control, including: the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions, increased competition, the lack of availability of qualified personnel or management, fluctuations in foreign exchange or interest rates, stock market volatility and market valuations of companies with respect to the announced transactions and the final valuations thereof, and obtaining required approvals of regulatory authorities. Hemisphere GPS' actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurances can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits, including the amount of proceed, that Hemisphere GPS will derive there from.

For further information: John Bohlke, General Manager, Earthworks, Hemisphere GPS, Phone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]; Cory Pala, Investor Relations, E.vestor Communications Inc., 416-657-2400, [email protected]