Posts tagged with "politics"

September 7, 2011

Fix Philly Districts' strong impact on the public and the City of Philadelphia in recent weeks

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FixPhillyDistricts.com launched Philadelphia's first ever redistricting competition in early August. Since then, there has been much attention geared towards the whole experience by multiple media out… continue reading
January 28, 2010

Common Cause PA Selects Cicero Legislative Data API for Our Philadelphia Election and Campaign Online Database

Avencia Incorporated, an award-winning Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software design and development firm, announces the launch of Our Philadelphia  (www.ourphiladelphia.org), a new we… continue reading
October 29, 2009

Avencia Launches Redistricting the Nation.com, a Ground-Breaking Public Engagement Web Application To Measure Compactness and Gerrymandering of U.S. Election Districts

Following the upcoming 2010 census reports, states and municipalities will engage in a nationwide legislative redistricting process. But in some parts of the country, the redrawing of distr… continue reading
October 14, 2009

Avencia and the Committee of Seventy Launch Ground-Breaking Redistricting Initiative

Avencia, an award-winning software design and development company, and the Committee of Seventy, the region's premier non-partisan government watchdog group, today launched a website dedic… continue reading
May 15, 2009

In Light of Upcoming Local Elections, Avencia Releases Free Web-based Tool to Search, Investigate and Map Philly’s Election Results Through Time

In Light of Upcoming Local Elections, Avencia Releases Free Web-based Tool to Search, Investigate and Map Philly’s Election Results Through TimePHILADELPHIA – May 15, 2009 – Avenc… continue reading
May 6, 2009

Avencia Releases New Version of CiceroLive, the Free Sample of Cicero, Avencia’s District Matching and Legislative Data API

Avencia Incorporated, a geographic analysis and software development firm announces the release of a new version of CiceroLive, the free sample application of its Cicero data and mapping tool. … continue reading
December 17, 2008

Avencia's Elections Work with Committee of 70 Featured in GeoWorld Magazine

Click here to read a PDF version of the article.On April 22, 2008, Philadelphians left their homes and workplaces to head to the polls and cast their votes in the primary elections. For the vast ma… continue reading
November 3, 2008

Avencia Creates Maps and Performs Geographic Analysis for MAPLight.org Report Showing House Members Raise 79% of Funds from Outside their Voters’ Districts

Click here to read MAPLight.org's press release. Avencia Incorporated, a Philadelphia-based geospatial software design and development company, has partnered with MAPLight.org, a nonpartisan, nonp… continue reading
November 1, 2008

Avencia Announces Collection of Elections Tools and Services

Cicero is a legislative district boundary and elected official web API that matches citizens with their local, state, and national representatives by tapping into a massive database of voting dist… continue reading
October 1, 2008

Avencia Launches New Website for Cicero, The Elected Official Lookup API

The Cicero website has a new look. Over the past several months the Cicero database has been expanding, adding new geographies (welcome Oceania) and new district types (ever wonder which police distri… continue reading