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Live Training: ArcGIS API for Windows Phone April 7, 2011 - ArcGIS for Windows Phone extends the reach of your GIS from the office to the mobile web. It includes a free downloadable app that adds basic mapping functionality to your Windows Phone device, as well as an API for developing custom applications.

Free 90 Day Trial of ESRI Community Analyst - Esri Community Analyst is a Web-based solution that provides GIS capabilities in a simple and easy-to-use framework. Thousands of demographic, health, economic, education, and business data variables, combined with instant reports and interactive color-coded maps, allow you to quickly explore the geographic characteristics of any area.

MapInfo Professional Free Trial Download - If you’re looking for a faster, easier way to create, share and use maps, try the world’s premier desktop mapping application for free!

Maptitude for Redistricting - The professional tool for political redistricting. It is used by a supermajority of the state legislatures, political parties, and public interest groups. Designed with the help of redistricting professionals, state legislatures, and political parties.

Maptitude for Redistricting is now available as an ArcGIS extension.

ESRI Redistricting is a Web-based solution for state and local governments, legislators, and advocacy groups to create political and geographic redistricting plans.

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2010 Census Redistricting [P.L. 94-171] Data and Shapefile Availability

Census 2010 Tiger/Line shapefiles are available for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Download from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 TIGER/Line products web page.

The technical documentation for the 2010 Census Redistricting [P.L. 94-171] TIGER/Line Shapefiles can be accessed here.

The following redistricting data files (2010 population and housing characteristics) are now available from the American Factfinder:

Alabama

Arkansas

Colorado

Delaware

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Louisiana

Maryland

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

Nevada

New_Jersey

North_Carolina

Oklahoma

Oregon

South_Dakota

Texas

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