Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 22, 2003 - Dakota Worldwide Corporation in collaboration with Synergos Technologies announces the release of the latest 108th congressional district file in MapInfo format.

Dakota Worldwide Corporation is a Minneapolis-based software and service company helping some of the nation's largest and best retailers grow with programs to maximize rates of return on both capital and operational expenditures. Large chains and small independents in all 50 states are key customers of Dakota Worldwide. Dakota Worldwide Corporation is the nation's foremost authority in market analysis and is the number one provider of market analysis software for the supermarket industry. Synergos Technologies is an Austin Texas based desktop mapping consultancy and developer of software data and demographic tools. STI's product line includes several innovative desktop-mapping tools created by the company's developers.

Further information is available by contacting Dakota World Wide on the company's web site at http://www.dakotaww.com or by calling Elliott W. Olson at 1-800-475-4505, or by email at e.olson@dakotaww.com