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| Geographical Information Science (GIS) Larry has established himself as a solid team builder and player in the GIS, 3D, visualization, and realtime simulation software environment. GIS Certification
Larry earned his GIScience Certificate from the Louisiana Tech University GIScience Certificate Program in 2006. Employment He is currently a technical writer at Presagis (formerly MultiGen-Paradigm, Inc.) in Richardson TX, where he writes documentation for Creator Terrain Studio (a large-area database generation tool), Creator VT Studio (creates virtual textures for databases), and Creator (modeling tool). His current set of docs include: getting started, release notes, user's guide, online help. He also wrote the MPI Glossary and MetaFlight User's Guide. He uses FrameMaker, Paint Shop Pro, Visio, and Mif2Go to create his final products. Larry has been at Presagis since 2001.
GIS Projects Larry is a relative newcomer to the exciting and quickly expanding world of GIS and has been reading and learning more about the subject. His particular interest is in using GIS to create history-oriented analysis projects. One of his first maps was showing Italians in Texas in 1900, a look at the counties who had Italian immigrants in 1900, when the arrived in those counties, what their primary occupations were, and where they came from in Italy. Here's what it looks like: 
He also did a comprehensive look at earthquakes in Oklahoma from 1882–2004. Here's a sample of some of that data:
And, he also created a map showing how mobile GIS was being used in New Mexico in 2005:
GIS Continuing Education Larry continues learning about GIS, as indicated by the courses, seminars, and web seminars he has taken: GIS and the Environment, Intermap Behind the Maps: UltraCam, by Mark Brown, Channel 9 Wind Power Applications, Intermap Geo-enable Your Content to Generate New Revenue, Drive Premium Services & Enhance Customer Loyalty, Directions Media 3D Visual Simulation, Intermap GIS for Managers, ESRI Imagery Orthorectification Using Elevation Data, Intermap Podcast Interview with Anne Kelly Knowles & Amy Hillier, authors of Placing History: How Maps, Spatial Data, & GIS Are Changing Historical Scholarship Tales from the Warfront, GeoWorld Introduction to the ArcGIS Mobile SDK, ESRI Electoral Geography with Kenneth Martis, VerySpatial 2006 ESRI Special Achievement in GIS Award to Mark Ericson, Environmental Science Instructor, Santa Fe Indian School, ESRI Getting to Know Spatial Analyst, ESRI Hands On GPS, REI GPS 101: The Fundamentals, REI Creating and Publishing Maps with Autodesk Map 3D 2007, Autodesk Working with ArcPad 7, ESRI Introduction to Map 3D 2007, Autodesk Podcast on Impact and Future of Blogging, Podcasting, and New Mapping Technologies, VerySpatial Podcast interview with Chris Bradshaw and Joey Wilson of Bradshaw Consulting Services on ArcPad and Mobile GIS, VerySpatial Podcast of a brief overview of the history of GIS, VerySpatial Podcast interview with ESRI Education Rep, Ann Johnson, at AAG 2006, VerySpatial Podcast Interviews from ESRI Dev Summit 2006 with Scott Morehouse, Clint Brown, and David Maguire, VerySpatial Venture All Stars featuring ESRI Podcast Show, Venture Blogcast Extend the Workplace: Enable Mobile Workers to Work Virtually Anywhere, Anytime, Sprint Introduction to ArcGIS Schematics, ESRI Virtual Earth Madness, Microsoft MSN Virtual Earth Tips Tricks and Hacks (Level 200), Microsoft Developers Network- Making Better Map Layouts with ArcGIS, ESRI
- Mobile Business Intelligence—The Next Critical Competency, Sybase
- Location-Based Services and Windows Mobile, Microsoft Developer Network
- GIS on a Shoestring, NMGIC
- Survey of Free and Inexpensive GIS Software, NMGIC
- GIScience Certificate Program, Louisiana Tech University
Advanced GIS Introduction to GIS- Data Integration in GIS
- Spatial Analysis of Geohazards Using ArcGIS 8 (ESRI)
- ArcGIS 9 Seminar, ESRI
- GeoDa, Word Workers
- GIS and Business Intelligence for the Enterprise, ESRI
- What Is ArcGIS?, ESRI
- Advanced Terrain Construction with CTS, Word Workers
- Colour Basics for GIS Users, Word Workers
- Anthropology, Space, and Geographic Information Systems, Word Workers
- Getting Started with ArcObjects in ArcGIS, ESRI
- Mapping the News, Word Workers
- Managing Natural Resources with GIS, Word Workers
- Introduction to MapServer, MapServer
- GIS: What's the Big Picture, NMGIC
- GIS in Site Design, Word Workers
- How to Lie With Maps, Word Workers
- Getting to Know ArcGIS Desktop, ESRI
- City of Fremont: Changing Practice of Local Government, MapInfo
- A Place in History: A Guide to Using GIS in History, History Data Service
- Understanding Map Projections, ESRI
- Geographic Information Systems and Science, Word Workers
- Homeland Security System, MapInfo
- Modeling Our World: ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design, ESRI
- LADBM, MultiGen-Paradigm
- The GIS Book, ESRI
- Creator and VSG/Vega Prime Light Point Integration, MultiGen-Paradigm
- Competitive Products: LBI and GIS Products, Word Workers
- Past Time, Past Place: GIS in History, ESRI
- GIS for Everyone, ESRI
- How Vancouver Delivers GIS Information Online, Autodesk
- Introduction to Creator Terrain Studio v1.1, MultiGen-Paradigm
- Introduction to MultiGen-Paradigm Creator v2.6, MultiGen-Paradigm
- Researching the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Online, Preservation Dallas
- 3D Modeling and Rendering, Richland College
Software Knowledge
Here's a table showing Larry's expertise in GIS software:
| Tool | Skill Level (1=Basic Understanding; 5=Expert) | | AGIS | 1 | ArcGIS Desktop
ArcMap ArcCatalog ArcToolbox ArcScene | 4 | | ArcExplorer | 5 | | Creator Terrain Studio | 3 | | Creator VT Studio | 3 | | Creator | 3 | | GeoDa | 1 | | GeoSurf | 3 | | Global Mapper | 1 | | Import 71 | 5 | | MapInfo | 1 |
Memberships
Larry is an active member of several professional GIS organizations:
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