We do not recommend altering the block geography provided by the Census Bureau. However, you can follow these steps if you must do so. Open a map* that includes Caliper’s Census block layer (ccBlock.cdf).You can open the Census block layer on its own, but we recommend having other reference layers available to help you make more …
Often you have political data at the VTD level, and you want to use it in a plan. Since a field identified as a plan summary field must be in all layers of the geographic hierarchy, it would be necessary to disaggregate or aggregate the data to each layer in the hierarchy. You would disaggregate …
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Begin by opening the plan that contains features you want to report on. Verify that the plan has a hierarchy of three or more layers by choosing the Advanced tab under Redistricting>Settings>Plan Settings (click OK when finished). Then do the following: Export the plan as “Layer Hierarchy Components” using Redistricting>Plan Utilities>Export Plan. We recommend naming the …
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How Do I Use Shapefiles As a Base Layers In Maptitude for Redistricting?
Maptitude for Redistricting contains a / Wizard that takes care of all data and aggregation, even if the data are based on inconsistent geography. The wizard the data down to the census block level. It then the data up to all valid levels that you select such as tract, county and place. These levels correspond …
Maptitude for Redistricting contains a / Wizard that takes care of all data and . The wizard the data down to the level. It then the data up to all valid levels that you select such as tract, county and place. These levels correspond to in the . If the data are in a geographic …
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There are three ways you can publish redistricting plans: Method 1 The simplest way is to choose Redistricting-Plan Utilities-Publish Plan to HTML. Maptitude for Redistricting turns the plan map and Districts dataview into static HTML page that you can publish on your web site. Method 2 The second way is to export your plan layer …
Including District from other in your current can be done as follows: Create a new directory where you are storing your plans called “District CDFs” (If you already have this directory, skip to step 2). Close any open plans using Redistricting>Close Plan, and any other open windows using File>Close All. Open the plan whose District …
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You may want to create a plan that uses your own geography for some or all of the layers in the hierarchy. In this example, we will create a hierarchy of blocks, an updated precinct layer and counties. To create a custom hierarchy: Click and choose Map, Workspace (*.map, .wrk) as the file type. Open a …
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