EXHIBIT 99.1


                       VISUAL DATA CORPORATION TO ACQUIRE
               LEADING WEBCAST SERVICE PROVIDER MEDIAONDEMAND.COM

Pompano Beach, FL - January 29, 2002 - As part of its strategic plan and its
goal to become the leading webcasting company, Visual Data Corporation (Nasdaq:
VDAT) today announced an agreement to acquire MediaOnDemand.com (MOD). MOD is a
privately held webcasting company that provides end-to-end live and on-demand
streaming video solutions, including live-event video conferencing. MOD's client
list includes UBS Warburg, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers, McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., Universal Studios, Nasdaq Stock Market, New York Stock
Exchange, American Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Bank, Intel and Lifetime
Television.

 "MediaOnDemand.com is one of the most prominent and highly respected providers
of webcasting services," said Randy Selman, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Visual Data. "Their strengths, when integrated with our own, along
with the combination of our operations will give us many competitive advantages
and greater operational efficiencies. Their focus of providing a comprehensive
set of high-end streaming video solutions, including live-event video
conferencing, is a perfect complement to our core strengths in providing
streaming audio conferencing and networking solutions. This acquisition is an
important step in our strategic plan, which includes our goal of becoming the
market leader in the rapidly growing webcasting industry. The addition of their
revenue base, coupled with operating efficiencies from the combined
infrastructure, is expected to enhance our ability to reach our goal of becoming
cash flow positive in the coming months."

MOD, which has had in excess of $3 million in annual revenue over the past two
years, will be acquired for 3.4 million shares of Visual Data Corporation
restricted common stock and will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Visual
Data. MOD's sales department and network operations center will continue to
operate from New York City.

ABOUT MEDIAONDEMAND.COM

Headquartered in New York City, MediaOnDemand.com (www.mediaondemand.com) is a
leading streaming multimedia application service provider (ASP) with an
expanding content distribution network. The company creates comprehensive
solutions for Fortune 500 clients and other high-profile public and private
entities. Privately held and funded, the firm was founded in 1992.

ABOUT VISUAL DATA CORPORATION

Visual Data Corporation (http://www.vdat.com) is a leading full service
broadband media company that specializes in webcasting, marketing solutions for
the travel industry and networking solutions for the entertainment industry.

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