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Ryan Laird

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About Me

Welcome! I am a GIS Developer with a passion for all aspects of Geography and GIS. I currently work as a Web Developer and Visual Information Specialist, and below are projects I created prior to graduating from the University of Wisconsin's M.S. in GIS Development program. When not making interactive maps and infographics, you can typically find me mountain biking, hiking, and attempting to travel to one unique place each year. Check out some of my maps below and refer to the Resume page for more information regarding my experience. Cheers!

Recent Work

My Portfolio

Wild Horses and Burros
Made with
Vue, Vuetify, Leaflet, Echarts
Web application depicting Wild Horses and Burros
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This project combines Vue.js with Leaflet and Echarts to provide a web map depicting herd areas with Wil Horses and Burros. The program data page also displays interactive charts using Echarts.
Snowshoe Bike Park Map
Made with
ExpressJS, Leaflet, PostgreSQL
Web application visualing from Postgres
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This application allows the user to create new features, stores in a PostgreSQL database and visualizes features with ExpressJS.
Italy's Wine Regions
Made with
Vanilla Javascript, Leaflet, D3, Bootstrap
A look at Italy's wine producing regions
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This project combines D3 and leaflet interaction on a dropdown to show volume of liters of wine produced in various regions in Italy.
Active Transportation Reporter Tool
Made with
PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Java, Tomcat, javascript
A reporting tool for transportation in St. Louis, Missouri
Github Repo
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This project uses Java and PostGIS to create an up to date reporting tool that allows user to input transportation obstructions and ADA restrictions.
Interpolation / Linear Regression
Made with
Plotly Dash, Python, numpy, geopandas
Examines the relationship between nitrate levels and cancer rates in Wisconsin
Video Demo
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Given a distance decay coefficient, this project uses python to conduct interpolation of nitrate level measurements and compares those interpolated values to cancer rates via linear regression.
Alluvial Fan Research
Geography Capstone
Analysis and Literature Review
Examines the climate affect on drainage basins in the Spring Valley Mountain Range
Research
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Tests the hypothesis that drainage basins and alluvial fans in the Spring Mountains surrounding Las Vegas have a consistent relationship to those found in other arid climates around the world.