Most data has a geospatial component. GIS enables the spatial aspect of your data and opens it to powerful tools for visual interpretation, investigation, and automated modeling.  These geospatial tools help you turn your data into actionable information that drives better decisions and planning. The most useful applications of GIS begin with a deep understanding of the business or mission needs and then combine the appropriate technologies with the art of visualization into an intuitive solution. Geocent approaches its GIS projects in this manner and we pride ourselves in choosing the right tool for the job.

Geocent has expertise in core development of the leading open source GIS packages as well as custom implementations of the leading commercial GIS applications. We ensure that our GIS solutions developers are up to date with the state of the art in GIS technologies and applications through internal research and development efforts. You wouldn’t hire a mechanic who has only one wrench — trust your geospatial needs to someone who has a full toolbox. Our toolbox includes OpenSource, Custom, and Off The Shelf software.

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Geospatial Enablement

The cornerstone for enhancing your business or mission with GIS is put in place by exposing the geospatial component of the relevant data.  Geocent’s GIS subject matter experts work to understand your needs and identify the data required for decision support by developing and verifying customized use cases. We have history of innovative geospatial enablement of various data sources ranging from mobile devices for real-time emergency management to 5-dimensional oceanographic forecast models. Adhering to the well-defined industry standards for geospatial data services facilitates simplified integration and interoperability. Geocent is a recognized expert in applying these standards to both custom-developed and existing data stores.

Geospatial Visualization

Cartography is the art and science of making maps. GIS pushes the map itself into a dynamic medium for visualization that can support decision-making through heightened situational awareness. Geocent’s GIS solutions deliver your GIS data in tailored visualizations that reflect your operational needs but remain flexible for user defined views and queries. Our teams combine traditional cartographic techniques and the best technologies into visualization tools you can use on the platform you require.

Geospatial Modeling

GIS modeling is used to derive new information by performing logical or mathematical operations on multiple data sources and fusing the results into an appropriate decision support format. Leveraging our GIS teams’ expertise in Operations Research, Physics, Mathematics, Emergency Management, and Mission Planning, Geocent builds geospatial models using industry standards. We have supported business use cases, such as sending an email listing all of a customer’s retail locations within the latest NOAA hurricane model cone of error. We also build operation-oriented models that pull from various data sources to deliver mission planners geospatial layers depicting the forecasted performance of tactical platforms.