Geospatial Technology
Geospatial Technology
Geospatial Technology
The Future of Voting - Accurate and Transparent - in Saint Louis County, Richard Leadbeater, Esri Blog, June 4, 2024
Explore National Geographic MapMaker with Foulks Ranch Elementary School Students at the Esri User Conference in San Diego, July 2023.
Which geospatial technology tool is right for you?
| Online Redistricting Tools | Website | Cost | Purpose | Coverage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome to Hexapolis | https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/27/us/politics/congressional-gerrymandering-redistricting-game-2022.html | Free | Education | Fictional | The New York Times |
| What is a Gerrymander? | https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/education/schools/geoinquiries-government | Free | Education | USA, Chicago, North Carolina | Esri, Inc. |
| GeoCivics State ArcGIS Redistricting Exercises | https://geocivics.uccs.edu/stateresources | Free | Online mapping practice - Education | United States - by county population | GeoCivics, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
| DistrictR | https://districtr.org/ | Free | Draw state and congressional maps | United States | Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group, Tufts University |
| District Builder | https://districtbuilder.org/ | Free / Must Register | Draw state and congressional maps | Selected States | Azavea |
| Dave's Redistricting App | https://davesredistricting.org/maps#home | Free / Must Register | Draw state and congressional maps | United States | Dave Bradlee |
| Representable | https://representable.org/ | Free / Must Register | Communities of Interest | United States – by precinct | Princeton Gerrymandering Project |
| Redistricting & You | https://www.redistrictingandyou.org/#map=3.5/38.5/-103 | Free | Compare population changes | United States | Center for Urban Research, City University of New York |
| Mapitude | https://www.caliper.com/mtredist.htm | Fee for use / Trial Available | Redistricting | United States | Caliper |
| Esri Redistricting | https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/esri-redistricting/overview | Fee for use / Trial Available | Redistricting | United States | Esri, Inc. |
| Redistricting Game* | http://www.redistrictinggame.org/ | Free | Education | Fictional | USC Annenberg Center for Communications |
* NOTE: The Redistricting Game is no longer operable due to the demise of the online platform. Consider moving to DistrictR and Representable.org to explore the data in your state.
Resources
- United States Congressional District Shapefiles
- This site provides digital boundary definitions for every U.S. Congressional District in use between 1789 and 2012. Thanks to: Jeffrey B. Lewis, Brandon DeVine, Lincoln Pritcher, and Kenneth C. Martis
- Airtable
- Azavea Redistricting – Redistricting the Nation
- The Campus Boundaries Project
- Capturing the Flag – video from Providence Productions
- Democracy for Sale – video from America Divided
- Dave's Redistricting App 2020
- District Builder
- Reference Layers Feature
- Map Across America, through November 1, 2021
- Districtr: You draw the lines.
- Esri Education
- Esri Elections Resources
- Esri Maps for Public Policy
- FiveThirtyEight: What Redistricting Looks Like in Every State
- Geo-Enabled Elections, National States Geographic Information Council
- GeoInquiries for Government
- The Gerrymandering Project
- How Well Do District Boundaries Reflect Natural Communities?
- National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)
- Open Precincts
- PlanScore - Partisan Gerrymandering Historical Data
- Princeton Gerrymandering Project
- The Public Mapping Project
- Racial Equity GIS Hub
- Redistricting Data Hub
- Redraw Political Boundaries with Public Participation: Draw Congressional Districts for the Next Election
- STEM for All Video Showcase
- Redistricting: A Guide for the GIS Community, Mark J. Salling
Opportunities
- 2024 ArcGIS Online Competition for US Middle School and High School Students
- The Great American Map-Off
- USA Census Tutorial: Downloading & Mapping American Factfinder Census Data on Renter Demographics for use in ArcMap
- Parmenter, Kogan, and Gottfried
Perspectives
- People Can Do Way More Than Not Get Lost: How High-Tech Maps Are Unlocking Smarter Solutions
- Jack Dangermond, Forbes, June 12, 2024
- Geo-Enabling U.S. Elections
- Anusuya Datta, GW Prime, November 19, 2022
- What are the 10 most important skills, benefits, and strategies in teaching with GIS?
- Joseph Kerski, Esri Blog, October 6, 2021
- Want to better understand Colorado's redistricting process? Make your own map.
- Moe Clark, Colorado Newsline, April 9, 2021
- EU Educators Prioritize Spatial Analytics Skills Needed for Lucrative Jobs
- Michael Gould, Esri Blog, January 14, 2021
- #InAGIF: High-impact GIS projects in 45 seconds or less
- Mike Schoelen, ArcGIS Blog, December 17, 2019
- Improving the 2020 Census with GIS technology
- Jack Dangermond, Government Matters, December 8, 2019
- GIS in the Classroom: A Conversation with Ali Pressel and Kyle Tredinnick
- National Geographic Education Blog, November 13, 2019
- What our cell phones reveal about racial disparity in wait times at the polls
- Bill Theobald, The Fulcrum, September 11, 2019
- Optimizing Elections - GIS Improves Preparation and Execution for County
- Monica Pratt, ArcUser, Summer 2019
- Preserving Voter Rights with the Help of GIS
- Jeremy Byrum, ArcUser, Summer 2019
- Growing relevance of GIS and location in fetching census data
- Aditya Chaturvedi, Geospatial World, May 27, 2019
- Gerrymandering, or Geography?
- Sam Wang, The Atlantic, March 26, 2019
- We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated
- Alvin Chang, Vox, August 27, 2018
- Thomas Hofeller, Republican Master of Political Maps, Dies at 75
- Michael Wines, The New York Times, August 21, 2018
- Do-It-Yourself Legislative Redistricting
- Editorial Board, The New York Times, July 21, 2018
- How A Political Consultant Changed Voting Districts Nationally
- Karen Duffin, National Public Radio, June 15, 2018
- One Reform to Save America
- David Brooks, The New York Times, May 31, 2018
- This GIS Technology Will Help Census Bureau's 2020 Population Survey
- Amanda Ziadeh, GovernmentCIO, March 21, 2018
- Prominent Republicans Urge Supreme Court to End Gerrymandering
- Adam Liptak, The New York Times, September 6, 2017
- Schwarzenegger’s bipartisan next political act: Terminating gerrymandering
- Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, September 4, 2017
- The Top 10 Most Gerrymandered States In America
- Kaz Weida, Rantt Media, May 27, 2017
- Gerrymandering Has a Solution After All. It's Called Math.
- Clive Thompson, Wired, April 26, 2017
- Gerrymandering: A Nation Divided, but Who’s Drawing the Lines?
- Jory Fleming
- Do Irregularly Shaped School Attendance Zones Contribute to Racial Segregation or Integration?
- Salvatore Saporito and David Van Riper, US National Library of Medicine, September 10, 2015
- Social Justice and Voting Rights in the South
- Gerald Webster, Southeastern Geographer, May 2007