Selected Webliography (Is That a Word?)
An abbreviated list of resources identified in a talk about improving public understanding of redistricting and gerrymandering.
Today I'm giving a talk at NCAUG about work by researchers, journalists, and GIS developers that facilitates public understanding of redistricting and gerrymandering. Here's a list of some of the endeavors and tools that I'm highlighting:
Academic:
- Jowei Chen, University of Michigan
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.397.5148&rep=rep1&type=pdf - Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group
https://sites.tufts.edu/gerrymandr/
https://vrdiapps.shinyapps.io/stateRules/
http://gerrydata.org/ - Jonathan Mattingly, Duke University
https://sites.duke.edu/quantifyinggerrymandering/
Journalism:
- Pennsylvania interactive (Philadelphia Inquirer):
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/compare-pa-congressional-map-proposals-fix-gerrymander.html - FiveThirtyEight:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/redistricting-maps/north-carolina/
https://fivethirtyeight.com/tag/the-gerrymandering-project/
Non-Profit:
- Dave’s Redistricting App:
http://gardow.com/davebradlee/redistricting/launchapp.html - PlanScore.org
https://planscore.org/north_carolina/ - North Carolinians for Redistricting Reform
https://www.ncredistrict.org/ - Draw The Lines (Pennsylvania)
https://drawthelinespa.org/
Software from Commercial Vendors:
- DistrictBuilder (actually open source)
http://www.districtbuilder.org/
https://www.azavea.com/ - Esri Online Redistricting
https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/esri-redistricting/overview - Maptitude Online Redistricting
https://www.caliper.com/redistricting/online_redistricting.htm