2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
 Electoral Redistribution and Delineation Using ArcGIS/ArcSDE/ArcIMS Track: Census and Geodemographics Author(s): Sean Jackson Every 10 years in Canada, following the Statistics Canada decennial Census, Elections Canada reviews and updates the federal electoral districts and their underlying polling divisions. This process is called redistribution. Past redistributions have been heavily oriented toward manual processing, while the current redistribution has taken advantage of the mature level of the technology and data to allow more focus on the production of multiple scenarios for Electoral boundary creation. This paper presents the development of two key systems, a redistricting tool to allow creation of Electoral Districts (ArcView 3.x) and a polling division delineation and maintenance tool (ArcGIS/ArcSDE, Geodatabase) to create the underlying polls. Looking toward the future, this paper will also examine the role GIS technology may play in providing Elections Canada field staff increased automation to facilitate the ongoing maintenance of our business data (ArcGIS/ArcIMS). Sean Jackson Elections Canada Geography 257 Slater Street Ottawa , Ontario K2M2M1 CA Phone: 613-998-4326 Fax: 613-998-9961 E-mail: sean.jackson@elections.ca |
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