EMPLOYMENT

1996 – present Program Manager (GIS Manager), Division of Government Research (DGR), University of New Mexico (UNM). Management of various GIS related projects at DGR requiring the hiring and supervision of staff and student employees. Organized the development and application of the Geographic Road Network Database (GRNDB – SAS and PGPLOT) system for traffic safety mapping for New Mexico covering all rural and most urbanized areas of the state. Additional development of traffic safety mapping capabilities using ESRI’s ArcGIS (dynamic segmentation), ArcIMS, and ArcGIS Server as a complement to the GRNDB system and for making dynamic maps of traffic crash data accessible on the web. Also worked on other GIS projects such as the development of a gravity model technique for measuring the geographic accessibility to health care facilities and providers, plus developing a dynamic mapping and data download web page for census and other demographic data in New Mexico. These projects required substantial programming and systems design and maintenance efforts; statistical expertise; and continual learning and skill development with new and developing GIS and geospatial related software and techniques.

1988 – 1996 Research Analyst (GIS Analyst), Division of Government Research, University of New Mexico. Coordination of various GIS related projects at DGR requiring the hiring and supervision of staff and student employees. Supervised a major expansion of the Geographic Road Network Database (GRNDB – SAS and CA-DISSPLA) system for traffic safety mapping to include most of the urbanized areas in New Mexico. Participated with other UNM and state agencies in preparing a feasibility study and securing funding for the Resource Geographic Information System (RGIS) program. Project management, system design, and programming duties for phase II of the Census Bureau’s Redistricting Data Program for New Mexico.

1982 – 1988 Program Specialist (GIS Specialist), Division of Government Research, University of New Mexico. Participated with other staff and students in various statistical and GIS related projects. Helped develop the Geographic Road Network Database (GRNDB – SAS and CA-DISSPLA) system for traffic safety mapping in New Mexico. Participated in developing a GRNDB system and the technology transfer of this system to the state of Nevada. Also performed project coordination duties for the New Mexico Voting Precinct Boundary Realignment Project – Phase I of the Census Bureau’s Redistricting Data Program. This project entailed building a statewide GIS from digitized USGS 1:100,000 quadrangle maps and the acquisition of ESRI’s new ArcInfo software to complete these tasks. DGR was the first ArcInfo user in New Mexico and this project resulted in the first complete digital database for the state.

1979 – 1982 Research Assistant (student position), Division of Government Research, University of New Mexico. Participation in a wide variety of projects such as: traffic safety analysis; maintenance of a political-demographic database and computer mapping system; and political redistricting. Assisted with the publication of several departmental newsletters and monographs.

1976 – 1979 Laboratory Assistant / Cartographer (student position), Office of Contract Archeology, University of New Mexico. Participated in all areas of archeological laboratory analysis and mapping. Operation and programming of the office’s micro-computer system. Also conducted independent research concerning intra-site spatial analysis.

1975 – 1976 Field Archeologist, School of American Research.. Archeological field work (excavation, data recording and mapping) of several archaic sites in Abiquiu, New Mexico.

1975 Field Archeologist, Museum of New Mexico. Participated in all aspects of archeological

field work at highway salvage projects for small pueblo sites in San Antonio and Carnue,

New Mexico.

Honors and Awards

M.A. with Distinction (UNM, 1982); ISSCO (CA-DISSPLA) Silver Medal – Computer Graphics Competition, 1985; FHWA Program Planning Award for GIS development, 1988; ESRI/SWUG - Winner poster competition (analytical content), 2002.

Professional Organizations

Member Urban Regional Information Systems Association (URISA – since 1989); Member New Mexico

Geographic Information Council (NMGIC – since 1984); Member (non-voting) New Mexico (state

agency) Geographic Information Systems Advisory Committee (GISAC – since 2000).

Thesis Committee

Chair: Dr. Bradley T. Cullen; Mr. Robert U. Anderson; Dr. Jerry L. Williams (all of UNM)

Specialized Skills

Database software: INFO, Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL, SAS

Geographical Information Software (GIS): ArcGIS(Arc/Info); ArcGIS Server; ArcIMS, ArcView (3.x); MapObjects ; AUTOMAP, SYMAP, CALFORM and ASPEX.

Graphics software: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, CA-DISSPLA, CA-TELLEGRAPH, PGPLOT, SAS/GRAPH, Macromedia Fireworks

Operating systems: DEC/VAX (VMS and UNIX) IBM (AIX, MVS/SP1, VSPC, MUSIC/SP, VM/CMS, TSO, and IBM-JCL), Linux (RedHat), Microsoft (DOS, Windows, NT and NT Server, 2000 and 2000 Server, XP)

Programming: ArcGIS/ArcInfo(AML, Python, VBA, VB, and Visual Basic .Net ); ArcIMS (AXL and Javascript); ArcView (Avenue); BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL

Statistical Analysis and Software: Parametric, non-parametric; spatial statistics; SAS; SPSS; MINITAB

Web Software: HTML and DHTML, JavaScript, Macromedia DreamWeaver and Homesite, Microsoft

Front Page

Relevant Publications and Presentations:

Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 2002. Measuring Geographic Access to Primary Care Physicians.

Quick Facts 2003 Report, New Mexico Health Policy Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico. pp.19-22.

Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 2002. Measuring Geographic Access to Primary Care Physicians

in New Mexico (Poster). ESRI Southwest User’s Group Meeting, Taos New Mexico, October 2002.

Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1993. Using TIGER to develop a Transportation GIS.

Proceedings GIS-T 93. American Association of Highway and Transportation Officials,

Albuquerque.

Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1986. ARC/INFO as a Tool in a Larger Tool-Box, Southwest

ARC/INFO Users Conference 1986. University of New Mexico, Division of Government

Research, Albuquerque.

Davis, James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1986. Alcohol-Involved Crash Locations in New Mexico,

ARC/INFO Maps 1986. Poster presented at the 1986 ESRI’s ARC/INFO Users Conference.

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California

Wandsnider, Luann. et. al. 1985. Transportation Applications of Computer Mapping in New Mexico .

Transportation Research Record Number 1050: Data Collection Methods and Information

Systems for State and Local Transportation Planning. National Research Council, Transportation

Research Board, Washington D.C. pp. 24-31.

Cullen Bradley T. and Laurence M. Spear. 1985. Retail Coverage and Market Equilibrium: The Case of

Food Stores in Albuquerque New Mexico. Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Applied Geography

Conference. North Texas State University, Denton, Texas. pp. 358-272.

Davis James W. and Laurence M. Spear. 1985. Precinct Realignment and Geographic Information

Systems Development in New Mexico. ESRI’s ARC/INFO Users Conference 1985. Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands Calif. No page numbers.

Anderson, Robert U. et. al. 1985. Design and Use of the New Mexico Geographic Road Network Data

Base (GRNDB). Proceedings of the 11^th International Forum on Traffic Records Systems.

National Safety Council, Traffic Records Committee, Chicago. pp. 279-290.

Spear, Laurence M. 1982. A Locational Analysis of Retail Food Stores with Respect to Residential

Population Density in Albuquerque New Mexico 1970. Unpublished M.A. Thesis. University of

New Mexico, Department of Geography, Albuquerque.

Spear, Laurence M. 1979. The Application of Statistical Mapping as an Initial Step in the Spatial Analysis

of Archeological Distributions. In: Jan V. Biella and Richard C. Chapman (eds.) . Archeological

Investigations in Cochiti Reservoir, New Mexico. University of New Mexico, Office of Contract

Archeology, Albuquerque. Volume 4, pp. 319-338.