Caliper Corporation Participating in NCSL Redistricting and Elections Committee Meetings

NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS (USA) – - The National Conference of State Legislatures Fall Forum will be held on December 8-10, 2010 In Phoenix, Arizona. The NCSL Fall Forum explores how changes in Congress are going to affect states in 2011. Caliper Corporation will participate in the Redistricting and Elections Committee meetings.

The NCSL's Forum and Meeting of the Standing Committees provides state-specific analysis and insight. The nation’s leading experts will provide assessments of the fall election and evaluations of the ways the state-federal relationship will shift with new perspectives in office. Caliper Corporation’s Dr. Simkowitz will be in attendance, and is a nationally recognized authority on geographic information systems and has written and lectured widely on applications of GIS in transportation, redistricting, elections, and politics. He is particularly well-versed in sources of geographic data and in the use of the U.S. Census Bureau’s digital map files and decennial census data products. Dr. Simkowitz is active in the National Conference of State Legislature’s Committee on Redistricting and Elections, National Association of Secretaries of State, and the Election Center.

About Caliper:
Caliper Corporation develops state-of-the-art GIS software: Maptitude Mapping Software, TransCAD Transportation Planning Software, and TransModeler Traffic Simulation Software. Caliper software is used by more than 70,000 users in over 70 countries.