Monday, February 7, 2011

California Redistricting Commission - Mapping Tools and Redistricting Assistance Sites

The California Redistricting Commission has selected its members and is starting to hold meetings. So how will they actually accomplish the redistricting? That is, how will they decide on where district lines fall on a map? With redistricting software. Apparently, the Commission has selected a package from Caliper Software called Maptitude. They had also considered a redistricting software package from ESRI.

Going forward, the Commission will establish six Redistricting Assistance Sites to act as sites for the local communities to get involved in the redistricting effort. One will tentatively be located in San Diego at Market Street and Euclid Avenue (Jacobs Center, Market Creek Shopping Center). Other Sites will be located in Los Angeles, San Bernardino/Riverside, Fresno, Sacramento, and Berkeley.

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