Maptitude for Redistricting Newsletter Spring 2010

Spring 2010 Newsletter


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Maptitude for Redistricting Extension for ArcGIS Now Available

We have begun selling our new Maptitude for Redistricting Extension for ArcGIS. The extension brings the same redistricting functionality, speed, and ease of use to the ArcGIS desktop as native Maptitude for Redistricting. The first site to begin using the extension will be the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographics and Reapportionment (LATFOR). The New York State Legislature is already a major client of ours with an installed base of 28 copies of native Maptitude for Redistricting. The Extension will be used by LATFOR staff who are expert in ArcGIS and prefer to work with that platform as their base. The pricing for native Maptitude for Redistricting and the Extension is the same.

We will be demonstrating our new Maptitude for Redistricting Extension for ArcGIS at the NCSL Annual Meeting in Louisville. To arrange for a demo of the extension or native Maptitude for Redistricting on Sunday or Monday during the Redistricting Committee Meeting, please contact Caliper Sales at 617-527-4700.

Planning to Adjust Your PL 94-171 Data to Account for the Prison Population? Let Caliper Do It For You

Previously we announced the award of a contract with the state of Kansas to adjust the federal 2010 Census Public Law 94-171 population data and produce a set of adjusted population figures for use in state legislative redistricting. We will adjust the population figures to count college students and military personnel at their places of permanent residence. Such persons with different current and permanent 2010 Census block codes need to be updated. Caliper will move each respondent from their current location to their permanent location, updating all the appropriate tables based upon their age, race and Hispanic origin status. We are in discussions with Maryland to adjust their population counts based on prison population. Please contact us if your state is planning such an adjustment and you would like assistance.

Montana Legislature Selects Maptitude for Redistricting

We are pleased to welcome the Montana Legislature as our newest Maptitude for Redistricting client. This brings the total of state legislatures that have switched from another redistricting software to Maptitude for this decade to six, adding to the super-majority of state legislatures that already use Maptitude for Redistricting. For a more complete list of our clients, visit our website. If your organization is not currently using Maptitude for Redistricting, we encourage you to talk with your colleagues at any of our client organizations and find out what they have to say about us.

Maptitude Online Redistricting Debuts in July

Our web-based redistricting software, Maptitude Online Redistricting (MORe) will be available for qualified client testing in July. If your state is planning to provide redistricting capabilities to the public, please contact us and we will arrange a testing period with your state's data.

Maptitude for Redistricting Training at Caliper Headquarters in July

The next Maptitude for Redistricting training course is scheduled for July 13-15 at Caliper headquarters in Newton, MA. (Newton is a suburb of Boston.) Space is limited, and the classes fill up quickly. We encourage you to register today to avoid being disappointed.

This three-day intensive course covers all of the redistricting features of the software. You will also learn most of the key Maptitude features that are useful when building plans including map creation, labels, themes, styles, freehand drawing tools, autoscale, data manipulation, printing maps and plans, selection sets, geocoding incumbents, combining race data using formula fields, statistics, geographic editing, joining political data to the geography, and disaggregating and aggregating data to other geographic layers.

We also conduct training sessions at our clients' sites. For those of you contemplating on-site training, please contact Caliper Sales (phone 617-527-4700) and firm up dates as soon as possible.

Events:

National Association of Counties Annual Conference & Exposition
July 16-20, 2010 Reno NV
We will be highlighting the Maptitude for Redistricting Extension for ArcGIS.

NCSL Summit
July 25-28, 2010 Lexington KY
The National Conference of State Legislatures annual Legislative Summit is the largest and most substantive meeting of its kind in the nation. Each year more than 6,000 legislators, staff and others interested in public policy attend informative sessions on critical problems to hear nationally renowned speakers, and to vote on policies to guide the advocacy efforts of the Conference. Caliper Corporation will be participating in the Redistricting and Elections Committee meetings.