BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2006--Avatech Solutions, Inc. (OTCBB:AVSO.OB), the recognized leader in design and engineering technology for the manufacturing, building design, and engineering markets, today announced the availability of Avatech Earth Connector, a unique AutoCAD plug-in which allows architects, building designers, and engineers to place 2D and 3D structures developed in AutoCAD-based products directly into Google Earth's 3D world. Google Earth has done more to advance the public's awareness of GIS - Geographic Information Systems - than anything since MapQuest and is delivered via an easy access desktop service. Avatech Earth Connector joins the world's most popular design-creation tool with the most popular Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tool on the planet.
