[Campaigns-l] Congressional Navigation/GUI

[Chad Lupkes]

I don't know about the lines, but I know that the Washington State Reps are
the names from the mid-90's.

Chad


On 8/6/06, Darrell Silver <darrell at darrellsilver.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks!
>
> Which data is old, the district lines or the congressional
> representation?
>
> I had other ideas of mapping district lines over time, especially
> interesting with stories of redistricting to benefit incumbencies.
> Availability / reliability of the data is obviously an issue that
> still needs addressing.
>
> D
>
>
> On Aug 6, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Chad Lupkes wrote:
>
> > Great concept page!
> >
> > Couple of comments.  Your data is a few years old, and it doesn't
> > work in IE6, only Firefox.  Not sure why.  And the further we zoom
> > out, the less accurate the borders are.
> >
> > Looks like the GoogleMaps extension is not installed on Wikia, yet.
> >
> > Chad
> >
> >
> > On 8/6/06, Darrell Silver <darrell at darrellsilver.com> wrote: I've
> > written a beta navigation and I'd love some feedback, especially
> > in how it could be improved, integrated and moved to
> > campaigns.wikia.  In its current state, I've overlayed congressional
> > district data on google maps, where clicking on a district shows the
> > current representative.
> >
> > I'd like to integrate this into wikia, linking from the map data to
> > the appropriate entries for that person.  Initially, I was inspired
> > by someone's idea here of showing the incumbent and his/her
> > challenger, linking to their bios, quotes, issue positions, etc.
> >
> > The site is currently hosted at
> >
> > http://campaigns.darrellsilver.com/
> >
> > I'd like to move it into the wikia site, if possible. Any feedback /
> > advice is much appreciated.
> >
> > Currently, there are a few limitations:
> > - no Senate coverage
> > - misalignment of the map at high zoom levels.
> > - The default view is NYC, b/c that's where I am.  Obviously just
> > arbitrary.
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Darrell Silver
> >
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