Speaking Of Gis

I am joined by Dr. Megan Gall who is a senior researcher for the Thurgood Marshall Institute at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.  We talk about how GIS is used in redistricting, gerrymandering and how census data is used to draw maps.   Show Notes: Supreme Court Weighs Claims That Texas Voting Maps Discriminate Against Minorities https://nyti.ms/2FeGfx9 Supreme Court, Again Weighing Map Warped by Politics, Shows No Consensus https://nyti.ms/2urC3dD A Case for Math, Not ‘Gobbledygook,’ in Judging Partisan Voting Maps   https://nyti.ms/2FBSCoq   Current topics in redistricting: Methods and thresholds Entire map? Specific districts Voting Rights Act Essential guidelines used to draw district boundaries. Methods:  People vs Algorithms - are they better/worse? Puzzle Map for North Carolina GIS software in play that makes this work possible. Maptitude, Esri, QGIS GIS datasets that are important. Census - redistricting summary file, census block - building block of districts, counties, census tracks, other demo