diff --git a/modules/c++/mem/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/c++/mem/CMakeLists.txt
index 590f1a012..297850c3b 100644
--- a/modules/c++/mem/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/c++/mem/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ set(MODULE_NAME mem)
 coda_add_module(
     ${MODULE_NAME}
     VERSION 1.0
-    DEPS sys-c++ gsl-c++ std-c++)
+    DEPS sys-c++ gsl-c++ coda_oss-c++ std-c++)
 
 coda_add_tests(
     MODULE_NAME ${MODULE_NAME}
diff --git a/modules/c++/mem/include/mem/ComplexView.h b/modules/c++/mem/include/mem/ComplexView.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f76d244d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/c++/mem/include/mem/ComplexView.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* =========================================================================
+ * This file is part of mem-c++
+ * =========================================================================
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2013 - 2014, MDA Information Systems LLC
+ * (C) Copyright 2023, Maxar Technologies, Inc.
+ *
+ * mem-c++ is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program; If not,
+ * see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef CODA_OSS_mem_ComplexView_h_INCLUDED_
+#define CODA_OSS_mem_ComplexView_h_INCLUDED_
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <vector>
+#include <memory>
+#include <complex>
+
+#include "coda_oss/span.h"
+
+namespace mem
+{
+/*!
+ *  \class ComplexView
+ *  \brief This class provides a read-only view onto a collection of complex numbers.
+ * For the simple case, it's std::span<const std::complex<T>>.  However, sometimes
+ * the data is in two parallel arrays:
+ *  const float* reals;
+ *  const float* imags;
+ * This class sets things up so that clients can always use the same
+ * access routines, regardless of how the underlying data is actually stored.
+ */
+template <typename T>
+struct ComplexView
+{
+    ComplexView() = default;
+    ~ComplexView() = default;
+    ComplexView(const ComplexView&) = default;
+    ComplexView& operator=(const ComplexView&) = default;
+    ComplexView(ComplexView&&) = default;
+    ComplexView& operator=(ComplexView&&) = default;
+};
+
+#endif  // CODA_OSS_mem_ComplexView_h_INCLUDED_
diff --git a/modules/c++/mem/unittests/test_vector_pointers.cpp b/modules/c++/mem/unittests/test_vector_pointers.cpp
index a4d5da5d1..f73fd9d55 100644
--- a/modules/c++/mem/unittests/test_vector_pointers.cpp
+++ b/modules/c++/mem/unittests/test_vector_pointers.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <vector>
+#include <complex>
+#include <std/span>
+
 #include <mem/VectorOfPointers.h>
 
 #include "TestCase.h"
@@ -112,10 +116,28 @@ TEST_CASE(testVecOfSharedPointers)
     {
        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<int>> myVec2 = std_vector_shared_ptr_int();  // copy
     }
+}
 
+TEST_CASE(testSpanCxFloat)
+{
+    const std::vector<std::complex<float>> data{{1, 2}, {3, 4}, {5, 6}, {7, 8}};
+    const std::span<const std::complex<float>> view(data.data(), data.size());
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(data.size(), view.size());
+
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[0].real(), 1);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[0].imag(), 2);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[1].real(), 3);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[1].imag(), 4);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[2].real(), 5);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[2].imag(), 6);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[3].real(), 7);
+    TEST_ASSERT_EQ(view[3].imag(), 8);
 }
 
 TEST_MAIN(
     TEST_CHECK(testVecOfRawPointers);
     TEST_CHECK(testVecOfSharedPointers);
+
+    TEST_CHECK(testSpanCxFloat);
     )
diff --git a/modules/c++/mem/wscript b/modules/c++/mem/wscript
index 112f2edde..044f80abb 100644
--- a/modules/c++/mem/wscript
+++ b/modules/c++/mem/wscript
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 NAME            = 'mem'
 VERSION         = '1.0'
-MODULE_DEPS     = 'sys gsl std'
+MODULE_DEPS     = 'sys gsl coda_oss std'
 TEST_DEPS       = 'cli std'
 UNITTEST_DEPS       = 'std'