Maptitude for Redistricting Training

Schedule and Class Description

Maptitude for Redistricting training is a three-day course that covers all of the redistricting features of the software:

Day 1

• Learn the basics of Maptitude for Redistricting
• Learn how to use the Plan Manager
• Create a redistricting plan from a map
• Learn about redistricting windows and tools
• Review plan integrity by finding unassigned areas and non-contiguous areas
• Getting information using labels and the hover tool
• Visualize your data using thematic tools
• Add imagery backgrounds to your maps such as USGS aerial photos & topographic tiles

Day 2

• Create plan templates that remember all plan settings without district assignments
• Create communities of interest and include communities created by others
• Present your data using report layouts
• Create reports on redistricting plans and create sets of reports
• Evaluate travel contiguity for a plan
• Identify majority minority districts and evaluate compliance
• Locate incumbents by address
• Customize the name of layers
• Include incumbents in your plan and check to see if they remain inside their district
• Learn how to create labels with multiple lines of information
• Export plans to share as equivalency files and shapefiles

Day 3

• Create a new plan from an existing plan
• Learn how to automatically balance adjacent districts
• Create sets of plans to easily compare plan differences for the same geographic location
• Compare plans for the same geographic area
• Create what-if scenarios within the same plan
• Change information for multiple districts at one time
• Merge plans into a master plan
• Add political data by disaggregating and aggregating political data to plan layers
• Perform ensemble analysis on a plan
• Use the automated assistant to balance the population of districts

Course Fees and Registration Information

Classroom courses at our headquarters in Newton, Massachusetts cost $1500 for the three days of training. The classes start at 10:00am and end at 5:00pm. Drinks and snacks are provided at breaks mid-morning and mid-afternoon. There is a one hour break for lunch.

The classes will be taught in a virtual classroom.

Please register online to reserve your place for Maptitude for Redistricting training. Advance registration is required. Note that space is limited. You are not registered until you have received a confirmation.

If you have any questions, please call us at 1-617-527-4700 and ask for Redistricting Training, or send e-mail to info@caliper.com.

On-site Training:

Caliper also offers training at your site, where the lessons can be customized to meet your exact needs and be based on your data. The price for training at your site is $4000 per day independent of class size, plus the instructor's travel expenses.