districtbuilder -- syracuse presentation

Prepared for: New York Redistricting Project1

Now…Public Access Redistricting

Open Data Open Access Open SourcePrepared for: New York Redistricting Project2

Choose Your Legislature


Look Around – Get the Picture


Drill Down – Get The Facts


Make A Plan


Get the Details


Run The Numbers


Is it legal? How Well Are You Doing?


Spread the Word

Share your plans with othersHave a contestMash up and plug in


ABOUT THE PROJECT


Completed Redistricting Competitions


Seven competitions in different states

Hundreds of legal plans – each an alternative to politics as usual

Thousands of active participants

Millions of viewers

Increasing Public Participation

Interest

Information Seeking

Debate & Commentary

Propose Alternatives

Consultative Government


Get the data

Evaluate maps

Draw the Lines

"For the first time in U.S. history, a court has allowed the public to submit their own redistricting maps for consideration."

Watch theNews

Based on Principles of Transparency

All redistricting plans should include sufficient information such that the public can verify, reproduce, and

evaluate a plan.

OPEN DATAOPEN SOURCEOPEN PROCESS

See: Principles for Transparency and Public Participation in Redistricting [http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0617_redistricting_statement.aspx] Prepared for: New York Redistricting Project

http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2010/0617_redistricting_statement.aspx




Where Do We Go From Here?

1990• GIS• Profession

al Only

2000• Web• Provide

public information

2010• Web/GIS

“2.0”• Public

Engagement

2020 • ???• Public

Government Collaboration?

• Social collaboration?

• “CAD” tools?


CREDITS


Public Mapping Software – Features

Create Create districts and plans Identify communities*

Evaluate Visualize Summarize

Population balance Geographic compactness Completeness and contiguity

Report in depth Share

Import & export plans Publish a plan Run a contest

Powered by Open Source

* Coming soon Prepared for: New York Redistricting Project17

The Public Mapping Project

Michael McDonaldGeorge Mason UniversityBrookings Institution

Micah AltmanHarvard UniversityBrookings Institution

Robert CheethamAzavea

Supported byThe Sloan FoundationJoyce FoundationAmazon CorporationJudy Ford Wason Center at Christopher

Newport Univ.

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The DistrictBuilder software was developed by the Public Mapping Project with software engineering and implementation services provided by Azavea

Mike Fortner Illinois state Representative, 95th District

Carling Dinkler John Tanner's office, Tennessee 8th Congressional District

Mary Wilson Past President, League of Women Voters

Derek Cressman Western Regional Director of State Operations, Common Cause

Anthony Fairfax President, Census Channel

Kimball Brace President, Election Data Services

Gerry HebertExecutive Director, Campaign Legal Center and Americans for Redistricting Reform

Leah Rush Executive Director, Midwest Democracy Network

Nancy Bekavac Director, Scientists and Engineers for America

Karin Mac Donald

Director, Statewide Database, Institute for Government Studies, UC Berkeley

Thomas E. Mann Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Norman J. Ornstein

Senior Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute

Advisory Board


Map a State -- Change the Nation

Identify communitiesExplore the alternativesUnderstand political consequences Establish transparencyCatalyze participationCreate alternatives to politics-as-usual


Launch Your Own Competitionwww.districtbuilder.org

More Information atwww.publicmapping.org

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