FLA Basic Tools

Description:

Set of tools to examine Legislative Maps that are commonly seen in result test cases in VRA suits

Create Block Assignment File

Description:

Creates a csv Block Assigment file with 2 columns (GEOID,DISTRICT) when supplied with a GeoDataFrame with poltical geographies as the geometry column. Creats a shp file with block level feature when supplied witha DataFrame with a GEOID and DISTRICT Columns

assign_baf(baf, state, disid, geoid=None)

• baf - GeoDataFrame with district geometries included or DataFrame with 15 Digit Census Block GEOID column
• state - the State for the Legdistric you are creating a Block Assigment file for.
• geoid - GEOID column NEEDED for DataFrame
• disid - District Name/Number Column

Community Splits

Description:

Uses included 15 digit Census GEOID referne files to find splits in geogrpahy features not included in the standard Census GEOID

community_split(distr, geoid, disid)

• distr - Block Assigment File
• geoid - GEOID column
• disid - District Name/Number Column

Population Overlap PL94

Description:

Find overlap based on population between 2 maps to show shifts in communities between poltical districts

Overlap_old_new(new_districts, geoid='GEOID', district='District', leg=None)

• new_districts - Block Assigment File to compare
• geoid - GEOID column
• disid - District Name/Number Column
• leg - Column from PL94 districts ('CD116','SLDU18','SLDL18')

Population Overlap 2 Maps

Overlap_compare(old_districts, new_districts, data, geoid='GEOID', district='District')

• new_districts - Block Assigment File to compare old_districts
• old_districts - Block Assigment File to compare new_districts
• data - Data to append to the district Dataframes to create the population overlap analysis
• geoid - GEOID column
• disid - District Name/Number Column

CLI Walkthrough

python -m FLABasicTools

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