NEWTON, MA (USA) - Caliper Corporation is pleased to announce that Maptitude for Redistricting 2017, a major release of Caliper Corporation's popular GIS (Geographic Information System) and redistricting software, is available now. The 2017 version provides the most up-to-date and accurate data available.
Updated report styles provide a clean and professional look to reports. Reports can be customized using tools directly within Maptitude for Redistricting without the need for additional software.
We have added a new Efficiency Gap report which measures partisan symmetry (partisan data not included).
Maptitude for Redistricting includes expanded support for Excel files to be used for importing plans and exporting equivalency files.
American Community Survey data from 2011-2016 for Block Group geography and larger help to better understand and analyze the shifts in population.
The new Distance and Drive Time Tables tool makes it easy to analyze drive times for voters to their polling places.
Caliper Corporation develops state-of-the-art Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software. With a focus on usability, Maptitude is designed to be a cost-effective, professional mapping software product. Maptitude enables organizations to leverage their location-based data to improve decision making and planning, while minimizing expenditure through competitively priced solutions.
Caliper is a privately held corporation and is a leading developer of mapping, redistricting, transportation, and GIS software.