Oklahoma Redistricting: Interactive House map and download the data

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on May 11, 2011M at 10:51 am

After a little negotiation, the House Redistricting leadership agreed to release the data behind the maps they put out on Friday. (Read Capitol Reporter Michael McNutt’s story on the new maps.)

I’m still checking the data out, but in the meantime, below is a quick map I put up on GeoCommons. If you want to download the actual data, you can follow this link to the file.

To use it, you’ll need to unzip it and have access to a GIS program such as ArcGIS or QGIS. Or you can set up a free account at GeoCommons. They have some good instructions here. To make this kind of map more useful, you’ll need to add some information to it, such as demographic information or voter registration information. (I’m working on adding some of that data in GeoCommons, but can’t promise it will be up very quickly.)

Meanwhile, redistricting over in the Senate has been a little more contentious. But here’s hoping they follow the House’s lead on transparency and release the data behind the plan they’re working on.

Click for map

–Paul

Written by Paul Monies




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