Sharing with Maptitude Users The best option to share your plans with other Maptitude users is to send them your plan backup file (the .bak.zip file). You can create a plan backup of the plan you would like to share and send that plan backup to the user. Then, the user can restore from the …
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A discussion of how public access can improve redistricting and how the public can contribute to the process.
An examination of the difficulties involved in redistricting.
An explanation of Gerrymandering and its origins.
A list of important redistricting concepts and principles that help redistricters create fair district plans.
An argument for the importance of redistricting and how public access can improve the process.
A discussion of what Redistricting is, why it is important, and how to do it. A great starting point for any potential Redistricter.
The plan libraries installed with the redistricting data include plans such as: “Enacted Senate B-V-M-C”, “Enacted House B-BG-T-C”, or “Enacted Congress B-V-C”. Caliper creates the enacted boundaries for our default enacted plan libraries based on the Congressional and State Legislative codes the Census Bureau has provided for each census block. See this webpage from the …
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Adding and removing districts
Glossary of Redistricting Terms