Geocent awarded map display contract

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- The Naval Oceanographic Office selected Geocent to provide the ability to display forecasted ocean weather data and observations of current ocean weather data on a geospatial map so it can be viewed on tools such as Google Earth and other map viewers. The company is headquartered at Metairie, La., and has an office at NASA's Stennis Space Center, Miss. The award is a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research competitive contract. "Geocent is excited to be able to leverage technology we developed under the SBIR program to support our CNMOC customer. This is a great example of how the SBIR program can spawn innovations that can be put into real use to save the government money," said Geocent Chief Technology Officer Keith Alphonso. Geocent is a member of the EIGS geospatial technology cluster of the Magnolia Business Alliance (MBA). (Source: Geocent/Magnolia Business Alliance, 03/06/13)