Coco Menk
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Thematic Map of Arctic Tern migration, made using QGIS and Adobe Illustrator
Rapid turnaround map (1 hour) illustrating Bali > Melbourne flight reroute after passenger interference: http://https//www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/travel/jetstar-plane-door-bali-melbourne-intl-hnk/index.html
Made using Adobe Illustrator
Oblique Panorama Map of Toronto's Leslie Street Spit

  • Sourced and cleaned DEM data from USGS Earth Explorer and Govt. of Ontario Open Data Portals

  • Created hillshade raster files of DEMs in ArcGIS Pro 

  • Applied 3D planar modelling techniques to hillshade file using Blender

  • Coordinated with Google Earth Pro to accurately depict oblique angle

  • Stylized map and incorporated trail data using Adobe Illustrator

Hexbin Map of Bike Racks of San Francisco, made using QGIS
Heatmap of Bike Racks of San Francisco, made using QGIS
Hotspot map of Bike Racks of San Francisco, made using QGIS
ArcGIS Online Dashboard and Web Map featuring Marine Mammal Aerial Survey Data from NOAA.
Web Map of Fruit Bearing Trees of Vancouver, with live Rain Layer, made in MapBox Studio

  • Sourced and cleaned data on food-bearing fruit trees within Vancouver City Limits from city’s Open Data Portal

  • Applied and customized project-specific vector icons using freeicons.io

  • Applied dynamic scale bar, zoom, pop-up data and navigation modules using MapBox API

  • Created custom web map style file using MapBox Studio

  • Incorporated rain layer API module via JS in Visual Studio Code

Web Map of Fruit Bearing Trees of Vancouver, with live Rain Layer, made in MapBox Studio

  • Sourced and cleaned data on food-bearing fruit trees within Vancouver City Limits from city’s Open Data Portal

  • Applied and customized project-specific vector icons using freeicons.io

  • Applied dynamic scale bar, zoom, pop-up data and navigation modules using MapBox API

  • Created custom web map style file using MapBox Studio

  • Incorporated rain layer API module via JS in Visual Studio Code

SVG File of Sweden's historical provinces, cartographically colored to correspond with each provinces Coats of Arms using AI2HTML Javascript Library.

  • Customized cartographic visualization of Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) file in Adobe Illustrator

  • Conducted research into the history of Sweden’s Historical Provinces and applied appropriate thematic colourwork

  • Created anchored hyperlinks for each Province name using HTML, linking user with images of respective historical Arms

  • Applied CSS styling and web-friendly fonts in Visual Studio Code

  • Applied AI2HTML Javascript to coordinate imagery from Adobe Illustrator to web

SVG File of Sweden's historical provinces, cartographically colored to correspond with each provinces Coats of Arms using AI2HTML Javascript Library, Webpage built with HTML and CSS.

  • Customized cartographic visualization of Scalable Vector Graphic (SVG) file in Adobe Illustrator

  • Conducted research into the history of Sweden’s Historical Provinces and applied appropriate thematic colourwork

  • Created anchored hyperlinks for each Province name using HTML, linking user with images of respective historical Arms

  • Applied CSS styling and web-friendly fonts in Visual Studio Code

  • Applied AI2HTML Javascript to coordinate imagery from Adobe Illustrator to web

Map of Protected Areas in Snug Cove area, Bowen Island, BC. Depicted for fictional music festival brochure/website. 

  • Sourced LiDAR and vector data of Snug Cove, Bowen Island, BC from Government of BC and local municipality Open Data portals

  • Converted LAZ files to raster files for use in display in ArcGIS Pro

  • Separated respective LiDAR bounce-back data into layers for colour separation

  • Applied styling choices using Layout in ArcGIS Pro

  • Overlaid important polygon data about environmentally protected areas relative to context of “Music Festival” occurring in mapped area

3D Rendered Shaded Relief using of Antarctic Peninsula, made using Blender, USAP-DC Data
High Contrast Shaded Relief of Antarctic Peninsula, made with ArcGIS Pro, USAP-DC Data
Poster Inspired Shaded Relief of Antarctic Peninsula, made with ArcGIS Pro and Adobe Photoshop, USAP-DC Data
"Swiss-Style" Shaded Relief of Antarctic Peninsula, made with ArcGIS Pro, USAP-DC Data
Web Map Application - Bike Racks of San Francisco

  • Sourced and cleaned data on bicycle parking racks of San Francisco,

           USA from the city’s Open Data Portal

  • Applied and customized project-specific vector icons using icons8

  • Uploaded cleaned data in GeoJSON format to ArcGIS Online Map Viewer

  • Utilised CSS and HTML for web map stylization choices

  • Incorporated modules and widgets for web mapping using ArcGIS SDK for Javascript and Visual Studio Code
Web Map Application - Bike Racks of San Francisco

  • Sourced and cleaned data on bicycle parking racks of San Francisco,

          USA from the city’s Open Data Portal

  • Applied and customized project-specific vector icons using icons8

  • Uploaded cleaned data in GeoJSON format to ArcGIS Online Map Viewer

  • Utilised CSS and HTML for web map stylization choices

  • Incorporated modules and widgets for web mapping using ArcGIS SDK for Javascript and Visual Studio Code
Statistial Inforgraphic Poster on Canadian Household Composting Habits

  • Investigated Canada’s National Open Data portal to find and clean a relevant dataset

  • Used go-cart.io to visualize Canadian Household Composting Percentages as a cartogram

  • Utilized Microsoft Excel to create bar charts and line charts

  • Customized pie charts and poster styling using Adobe Illustrator

  • Applied appropriate document formatting and styling for print production

Statistical Maps of Nitrogen Soil Landscapes of Canada
Radial Flow Map of "Air North America" flight routes

  • Incorporated Natural Earth vector data in ArcGIS Pro, in lieu of Esri Basemap for visual cleanliness and distributability 

  • Cleaned, projected, labelled and annotated data in ArcGIS Pro

  • Utilised ArcGIS Maps for Creative Cloud to export complete .aix file into Adobe Illustrator for easy symbolization

  • Applied styling in accordance with project specifications

  • Compiled final project into Adobe Illustrator Project Package for client

Atlas Plate - Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) 1:40,000
Atlas Plate - Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) 1:40,000
Atlas Plate - Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) 1:40,000
Contents Page - Atlas of Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) 1:350,000
Map of Herring Cove Provincial Park
Youthful Font Theme, Full CMYK palette
Solar Analysis Map of Dalhousie University
Map Projection Poster Project for GIS: Cartography and Geo-visualization, NSCC COGS