Geospatial Technology

 * 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

  • Redistricting Resources

• 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 Elections Resources

  • Esri Redistricting Blog

    • Webinar: Delivering a Modern Redistricting Solution

    • Census redistricting data and maps available in ArcGIS Living Atlas

  • State Legislative Districts - Lower Houses

  • State Legislative Districts - Upper Houses

• Esri Maps for Public Policy

  • People for the People

• FiveThirtyEight: What Redistricting Looks Like in Every State

• GeoInquiries for Government

• The Gerrymandering Project

• How Well Do District Boundaries Reflect Natural Communities?

• Open Precincts

• PlanScore - Partisan Gerrymandering Historical Data

• Princeton Gerrymandering Project
  • Representable.org
  • Outreach

• 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

• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, Redistricting: A Guide for the GIS Community, Mark J. Salling

 

Opportunities

• 2022 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

• 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