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The Public Mapping Project : How Public Participation Can Revolutionize Redistricting / Michael P. McDonald, Micah Altman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Brown Democracy MedalPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (120 p.) : 4 b&w halftones, 1 color halftone, 2 chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501738555
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 328.7307345 23
LOC classification:
  • JK1341 .A54 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- 2: A History of Public Mapping -- 3: Planning for Public Mapping -- 4: DistrictBuilder -- 5: Public Mapping and Redistricting Reform -- Notes -- About the Authors
Title is part of eBook package: COR eBook-Package 2018Summary: The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal is an initiative of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Pennsylvania State University. It annually recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world.Micah Altman and Michael P. McDonald unveil the Public Mapping Project, which developed DistrictBuilder, an open-source software redistricting application designed to give the public transparent, accessible, and easy-to-use online mapping tools. As they show, the goal is for all citizens to have access to the same information that legislators use when drawing congressional maps-and use that data to create maps of their own.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Introduction -- 2: A History of Public Mapping -- 3: Planning for Public Mapping -- 4: DistrictBuilder -- 5: Public Mapping and Redistricting Reform -- Notes -- About the Authors

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The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal is an initiative of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Pennsylvania State University. It annually recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world.Micah Altman and Michael P. McDonald unveil the Public Mapping Project, which developed DistrictBuilder, an open-source software redistricting application designed to give the public transparent, accessible, and easy-to-use online mapping tools. As they show, the goal is for all citizens to have access to the same information that legislators use when drawing congressional maps-and use that data to create maps of their own.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

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