A good mapping software application or GIS (Geographic Information Systems) provides a library of default maps and styles out-of-the-box that allow you to create presentation-ready and professional looking maps. These predefined settings can help you rapidly create a useful map, but if you take a little more time, you can make some minor modifications that uncover the trends …
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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Modifying the style of point, line, and area features
How to customize a Mapttiude for Redistricting legend
Modifying layer, feature display, and individual labels in a map.
Using files stored in other geographic file formats (e.g., Esri Shapefile, Google Earth KMZ file) in Maptitude for Redistricting
How to change the contents, styles, and labels in a map with the Display Manager
How to zoom in and out on a map, pan a map, use the map locator, and find a particular location on a map