What is Esri Redistricting Online

Esri Redistricting Online assists state and local governments, advocacy groups, and the general public in drawing legislative and congressional redistricting plans following the 2010 U.S. Census. The foundation of Esri Redistricting Online is Esri's proven ArcGIS software platform and pertinent dataset components. ArcGIS software provides comprehensive features and functionality for plan management, visualization, editing, and community collaboration.

Esri Redistricting Online can be used for geographic redistricting and terroritory design. Esri Redistricting Online is a web-based application that establishes an online community where users can collaborate and share district plans. It uses GIS mapping technology, Esri data, and the latest available Census data to allow state and local government to prototype multiple redistricting scenarios before finalizing new boundaries.

Esri Redistricting Online provides online access to data content used by the community, including Census and PL 94-171 data. It includes tools to promote an increased collaboration between government and citizens. With Esri Redistricting Online and GIS, you can design optimal districts.

Create and design

Plan creation is simplified through tools available in Esri Redistricting Online. Demographics and district statistics allow you to create redistricting scenarios that ensure a balanced district population.

Edit

Esri Redistricting Online provides thematic mapping to help you edit and modify districts and territories that are imbalanced and to help you create ideal district scenarios. Mark-up tools allow you to clarify plans with annotations and graphics. You can also add content from ArcGIS Online to enhance your editing experience.

Publish

Within Esri Redistricting Online, plans can be published as a map package or as a KML. Both the map packages and KML items can be published to ArcGIS Online to share with other users.

Review

Plans can be imported and exported between users to collaborate on redistricting design. Reporting tools available with Esri Redistricting Online allow you to view plan histograms, plan distribution, and district distribution to ensure proportional demographics in your plan.

Collaborate

Plans can be shared between group memebers to allow collaboration on redistricting scenarios. Esri Redistricting Online also supports plan comparison to help you identify differences between two plans. Esri Redistricting Online is integrated with ArcGIS Online to allow sharing and dissemination of work to other users. You can search ArcGIS Online to add data and layers to your Esri Redistricting Online session to help you make informed decisions. Esri Redistricting Online includes Esri Demographic Data, Census Data, and ArcGIS Online Basemaps to promote collaboration between government and citizens.