Sharing with Maptitude Users The best option to share your plans with other Maptitude users is to send them your plan backup file (the .bak.zip file). You can create a plan backup of the plan you would like to share and send that plan backup to the user. Then, the user can restore from the …
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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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Using shortened block or tract numbers in the Plan Components Report is very easy. All you have to do is create a formula field (which you call Name) that contains the information you want displayed. For example, to show the block group and block number of a block (the last 6 digits of the 15-16 …
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Even after downloading your data package, it is possible that your data package is not listed in your plan manager. Before redownloading or reinstalling the data, you may want to check the default install location for Caliper data packages. E.g., C:/XX Data 2020 Final where XX is the state abbreviation. If that folder does not …
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To add custom formula fields to your plans, you can add your formula fields to the maps your plans are based on (typically Block-VTD-County.Map or Block-Block Group-Tract-County.Map). You can follow the steps below to add custom formula fields to a map. Open the map you want to add a formula field to by doing File>Open, selecting …
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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 to customize a district layout
Using files stored in other geographic file formats (e.g., Esri Shapefile, Google Earth KMZ file) in Maptitude for Redistricting