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Fish Passage

A multi-stage GIS analysis (Python/ESRI/Oracle) to quantify the magnitude of fish passage issues in British Columbia and identify structures for remediation. Steps included:
  • model fish habitat on BC streams
  • define potential culvert locations (linear referencing on Freshwater Atlas streams)
  • prioritize culvert locations for fish passage assessment based on habitat and number of culverts upstream and downstream
sample map (13Mb) | documentation



Coastal Resource Information System

Production of a web mapping site using ESRI's ArcIMS and BC's IMF to display coast and ocean resource information, including shoreline video.

site



British Columbia Assessment Watersheds

Development of an application (Python/Oracle) to generate a set of hierarchically coded provincial mesoscale watersheds (based on 1:20 000 data) specifically designed to address the needs of managing land use for aquatic values.

streamline article



Land Use Analysis For Benthic Invertebrate Bioassessment

Land use analysis and reporting for bioassessment projects, including:
  • automated watershed definition upstream of sampling sites (ArcGIS)
  • land use analysis and reporting for defined watersheds (Oracle/ ArcGIS)
  • for each cutblock within defined watersheds, calculation of distance to stream and distance in stream to sampling site (PostGIS)



Site C Socio-Economic Reporting

For BC Hydro's proposed Site C project, reporting on a set of spatial indicators extracted from available land and resource databases. Indicators such as zoning, resource extraction (forestry, mining, etc), tourism use, agriculture, and basic infrastructure were included.



Oil Spill Response and Logistic Mapping

Performed for Burrard Clean Operations. Mapping of coastal resources and oil spill response facilities for emergency response planning.

sample | demo gmaps site



BC Bike Race Mapping

Performed for the BC Bike Race, a seven day mountain bike stage race. Route data compilation and map production.

brochure