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Garmin plans to retain the majority of the employees of DeLorme and will continue to operate out of the Yarmouth location following the acquisition, primarily as a research and development facility, the companies said in a joint press release. "DeLorme is a respected brand with exciting products and technologies that are a natural fi t in the Garmin portfolio," Cliff Pemble, Garmin's president and CEO, said in a statement announcing the agreement. "We look forward to completing the acquisition and welcoming them onto our team. We are looking forward to leveraging their expertise to further enhance the Garmin lineup of products." A report in the Portland Press Herald said Garmin expects to close the retail map store at the DeLorme headquarters, but still allow visitors in to see Eartha, the giant globe. DeLorme was founded in 1976 by David DeLorme, who was frustrated at the lack of up-to-date maps for the Moosehead region, an area that the outdoors- man frequently visited. His maps, which were initially sold out of the back of his car, were created by gathering the most up-to-date collections of state highway, county and town maps as well as federal surveys. DeLorme's Maine Atlas and Gazetteer has been an iconic guide for visitors to Maine as well as residents with its detailed maps of many regions in the state that are otherwise diffi cult to navigate. While the Maine Gazetteer features a blue cover, DeLorme publishes a slew of other states under a uniform, red cover. If DeLorme is best known for its Gazetteer, the navigation company has also been a leader in developing new technologies for its products. In 1987, the company released one of the fi rst ever CD-ROMs containing an atlas of the entire globe. Since the 1990s the company has been a leader in consumer- based GPS navigational software. Garmin offi cials said that in addition to its vast portfolio of digital navigation products, it was DeLorme's inReach two-way satellite communication device that caught the company's eyes for a potential sale. The inReach two-way satellite communication device allows the user to com- municate through satellite text messages or to trigger an SOS emergency call. "Our inReach technology is invaluable to hikers, hunters, boaters and pilots who often fi nd themselves in remote areas — Garmin's core customers. We are looking forward to completing the acquisition and are excited to help leverage our expertise into enhancing their already outstanding products," said DeLorme CEO Michael Heffron. "Garmin has extensive R&D capabilities and a global distribution network that will allow us to provide this technology to customers across many markets and around the world." — K e v i n S t e e v e s DeLorme's iconic Maine Atlas and Gazetteer and other state atlases. 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