Maptitude for Redistricting
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We're ready for 2010...Are you?

Maptitude for Redistricting has defined the redistricting software market since its introduction in 1997. Designed with the help of redistricting professionals from many of the state legislatures and political parties, Maptitude for Redistricting works the way you work, has the features you’ve requested, is easy to learn and use, and is 100 percent reliable. No wonder it was used by a majority of the state legislatures during the 2000 redistricting cycle.

We have continued to improve Maptitude for Redistricting each year, and this new version represents a major leap into the next redistricting cycle with new features, the latest Census geography and data, one-button conversion of your existing plans to the latest TIGER geography, new and enhanced reports, an updated manual and context-sensitive Help, a state-of-the-art interface, open access to industry-standard file formats, interoperability with Google Maps and Google Earth, network options, web solutions, and more. Whether you are an existing client or new to Maptitude for Redistricting, you will thoroughly enjoy this new version of the software as you prepare for 2010.

Maptitude for Redistricting is a special edition of Caliper Corporation’s Maptitude Geographic Information System software. Maptitude is a full-featured GIS that has set new standards for performance and value. It provides a complete set of desktop mapping and spatial analysis functions, as well as nationwide geographic data sets including streets with address information, and states, counties, census tracts, and other census boundaries with over 600 demographic variables.

Maptitude for Redistricting includes all of the features and data in Maptitude plus everything you need to build and analyze redistricting plans. The custom menu system and redistricting toolbox let you:

• Create a new plan from a map, a template, or an existing plan.
• Automatically convert a plan based on a previous version of TIGER geography to a plan using the latest version of TIGER geography. There is no need to export the old plan to an equivalency file and then import the equivalency file into the new plan. This makes it very easy to update your old plans to the most recent and most detailed Census geography.
• Include multiple levels of geography, designate the control field, ideal value, and summary fields, and set other plan properties including plan type, creation date, and password protection.
• Include some or all race categories and actual and estimated data in the same plan; one-button toggle between field sets lets you display only the data you want.
• Add areas to a target district using feature selection tools. Select by pointing, by dragging a circle, by lassoing, and by attribute values. Select features in any geographic layer, such as census blocks, voting districts, towns, or school districts. As you add areas to a district, the district boundaries are redrawn and the control and summary fields are updated to reflect changes to the current plan.
• Display attributes for any layer using labels or color, pattern, dot-density, scaled-symbol or chart themes.
• Display summary information in a table that contains the district identifier, control field totals, deviation from the ideal value, and the totals and percentages for summary fields.
• Compute measures of compactness and check for completeness and contiguity. Zoom to unassigned areas or discontiguous portions of a district. Verify the integrity of a plan.
• Export a plan to standard equivalency file formats that can be read by other redistricting software and the Department of Justice. Import and merge plans created by Maptitude for Redistricting or other redistricting software.
• Lock districts and keep communities of interest together.
• Capture the current status of a plan as a snapshot. Each plan can have one or more snapshots organized by date and time under the same plan name. Return to any snapshot, and use it as a departure point in the evolution of the plan or as the starting point for a new plan.
• Automatic creation of layouts that display either a single district or the district and all adjoining districts. The layouts are automatically labeled with the district name, plan name, plan type, administrator, date created, and date last modified based on your settings.
• Create a map book containing layouts for any number of districts.
• Print a completed plan using page layouts that combine maps, data tables, and charts. The standard report library includes population summary, error check, political subdivision splits, incumbents, plan statistics, plan components, plan comparison reports, and more. Create custom reports and add them to the report menu.
• Integrate your plans with Google Maps and Google Earth. Save your plans in the Google format (.kml or .kmz) and add them to Google Maps or Google Earth. Use the built-in Google Earth toolbox to display Google Earth in Maptitude as part of your plan or display your plan in Google Earth.

Maptitude for Redistricting Key Features:

• Create districts using any level of geography • Compute control field totals and deviations • Select any number of summary data fields and compute totals    and percents • Display the plan as district boundaries or a thematic map • Display the plan statistics in a scrollable data window • Includes over 20 standard reports, and you can add your own • Export the plan to an equivalency file in industry-standard file formats

• Import plans from other GIS software • Merge sub-plans • Compute measures of compactness • Verify completeness and district contiguity, and zoom to problem areas • Update historic election results to new political boundaries • Create single-district map layouts and map books • Save plans in an Internet-compatible format • Complete support for Google Maps and Google Earth

Easy to Learn and Use

Maptitude for Redistricting includes on-line help and detailed manuals packed with step-by-step instructions and tutorials. The Plan Manager leads you through the process of creating your first plan and speeds the creation of all additional plans. Other wizards help you create maps, display data using meaningful themes, and geocode information based on street address.

Complete Enterprise Solution

The Maptitude for Redistricting Plan Manager makes it easy to manage thousands of plans stored on a computer network. You can quickly find a plan by type, creator, date, key word etc. The Plan Manager lets you distribute plans for viewing and perform plan management functions across the enterprise. Data and plans can be stored on individual machines or on one central server with access controlled by both Maptitude for Redistricting and the network administration software.

Publish Your Plans on the Internet

Maptitude for Redistricting lets you save your plans (maps, data tables, charts, layouts, and reports) as JPEG, PNG, and HTML files for static Web publishing. Caliper Corporation’s Maptitude for the Web software makes it easy to publish your plans as interactive mapping applications on the Web. For example, a user can locate their address on the map, pan and zoom, query the district assignments, and display tables of data from their browser. Maptitude for Redistricting also lets you add your plans to Google Earth or Google Maps and add Google Earth images to your plans in Maptitude.

Works with Other GIS Software

Map ArcGIS Shapefiles and Personal Geodatabase, MapInfo Tab, and Oracle Spatial files without conversion. Export plans (geography and data) to these other formats for use with your existing software.

Other Redistricting Services

Caliper provides database development, hands-on training, software customization, web design, telephone support, on-site support, priority support, and other related consulting services on a time and materials basis.

Pricing and Ordering                                                          Order Form(pdf)

Maptitude for Redistricting, including a customized redistricting data CD and one year of annual maintenance (software upgrades and data updates), costs $10,000. Annual maintenance after the first year is $500. Please contact Howard Simkowitz, Director, Government Services, at 202-652-1024 or hsimkowitz@caliper.com for volume and upgrade pricing information.

Includes Customized Redistricting Data CD for Your Jurisdiction that Contains:
• Census Blocks • Census Block Groups • Census Tracts • Congressional Districts • Counties • Elementary School Districts • Incorporated Places	• Indian Reservations • Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs) • Point & Area Landmarks • Railroads • Secondary School Districts • State House/Assembly Districts • State Senate Districts	• Streets • Unified School Districts • Utility Lines • Voting Districts • Water Landmarks • All line features from Census TIGER/Line files • All PL94-171 data for each geographic layer

System Requirements:

• Personal Computer Running Windows 2000, XP, or Vista
• DVD-ROM drive
• 128MB RAM
• Disk space varies by jurisdiction (200MB-1GB)