POWER OF ATTORNEY



	KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the

undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Janna R. Severance,

Mark E. Ties, and Craig S. Fawcett, signing singly, as his true and
lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and

resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all

capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any

other documents required to be filed under Section 16 of the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, together with any and all

amendments or supplements thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities
and Exchange Commission, and to perform any other acts that
may be
necessary in connection with the foregoing that may be in the best
interest
of or legally required by the undersigned, granting unto said

attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them full power and authority to

do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be

done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he
or she might or should do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes may
lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

	The undersigned
acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of the
undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act
of 1934.

	This appointment is limited to
filings which the undersigned
is required to make because he is (or is
deemed to be) a director, officer,
or shareholder of XATA Corporation.


	This appointment shall remain in
effect until revoked by the
undersigned.

	   The undersigned hereby
revokes the appointment of
John G. Lewis as his attorney-in-fact, effective
as of the date set forth
below.


Dated: 	June 7, 2005				/s/ Stephen
A.
Lawrence										Signature

Stephen A. Lawrence
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