GIS – CHRIS HOORNAERT

Vancouver: Transit and Coffee

September 3, 2023

“Doctors found traces of blood in my coffee stream.” Source: Unknown Vancouver has its fair share of coffee shops: over 250 of them, in fact. So whether you want the familiar Starbucks Americano or an fresh-brewed Ethiopian Yirgacheffe from a hip local shop, Vancouver offers what you are looking for. And beyond the caffeine highs served up, coffee shops also provide a gathering place for university students, remote workers, and retirees, alike. A such, the density of coffee shops can…

Toronto’s Greenest Neighourhoods

March 9, 2023

cjhoorn

GIS, Urbanism

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Toronto is known as a city of neighbourhoods: it is a city of 152 of them, in fact. This includes many that are well-known to locals and Torontophiles alike: The Danforth. Little Italy. Kensington-Chinatown. The Beaches (or is the the Beach?) Not to mention many more. Toronto also refers to itself as a ‘city within a park’. This begs the question, how park-like is each neighbourhood? To this end, I decided to calculate the percentage of each neighbourhood that is…

Canada Flag Map

January 7, 2019

cjhoorn

GIS

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I have a strong analytical mind, but I relish the opportunity to express my creativity through GIS. Inspired by this map, I made this flag map for Canada, using the corresponding flag for each province/territory. I completed this project using QGIS for map edits and GIMP for image edits.

Indigenous Subsistence Catch Map

January 7, 2019

cjhoorn

GIS

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I created this map as part of a research project at the University of British Columbia. Subsistence fishing is fishing done for daily survival rather than for export purposes. This map shows the total subsistence fishing catch for a selection of Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) around the world.

Seabird Species Map

January 7, 2019

cjhoorn

GIS

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I created this map while I was the GIS Specialist at the Sea Around Us. This groundbreaking project took on the ambitious goal of assessing the impact of global fisheries on the world’s oceans from 1950 right up to the present. This map was created as part of a research project on seabirds, and the impact fisheries have had on the population of birds that depend on fish for their survival.