Geospatial Technology
| 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. |
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
- Teaching Geography in the Digital Age, Esri Podcast, September 3, 2024
- Mapping Competition Details 2023
- ArcGIS Online Competition Results 2017 - 2022
- 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)
- 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
- How mapping tech is revolutionizing election administration
- Chris Teale, Route Fifty, July 18, 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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