GeoMonkey project among eight awarded state funding for innovative commercial technology applications developed in partnership with Washington researchers.

SEATTLE – January 14, 2009 – Washington Technology Center has awarded $35,582 in research and technology development funding based on a proposal from Washington State University Vancouver in collaboration with GeoMonkey, Inc. (doing business as MapWith.Us).

GeoMonkey, a Vancouver-based developer of mapping software, is collaborating with WSU Vancouver’s School of Engineering and Computer Science to develop a framework for publishing geo-spatial data generated from consumer mobile communication devices.

WSU Vancouver will receive $35,582 in Phase I research and technology development funding from Washington Technology Center and $8,092 from GeoMonkey for the project titled “Creating an Extensible Framework around Real-time Geo-Spatial Data Acquisition.”

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