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Tricky. the party in control of each state gets to decide how the lines are drawn. some do it to ensure their party gets the power, hello north carolina. 35 rely on a political process and republicans control map making in 20 of them. they have a clear advantage and a track record of stuffing the increasingly diverse population of their state into one or two carved out districts. thats called racial gerrymandering. this is why todays numbers have massive implications not just for our politics, b...

Centre liberalises mapping policy, allowing free access to geospatial data - While announcing the new guidelines, the Centre said that it will greatly enhance the preparedness of the country for emergency response.

In a move that could be critical for location-based services such as e-commerce, logistics and urban transport, the government on Monday freed public and private firms from the need to seek approva

Govt Announces Liberalisation of Map-Making Policies, Allowing Free Access to Geospatial Data FOLLOW US ON: The government of India today announced that it is setting free the process of map making and generation of geospatial data, which will give private companies the freedom to handle that information without prior approval or any restrictions. Till now, mapping data was only handled by the Central governments Survey of India, but with the changes announced by the Department of Science and T...

Strategist steve bannon and former kansas secretary of state chris kovac. kovac, also known for embracing birtherism and peddling debunked voter fraud theories was pitching trump and the white house directly. >> we shouldnt be considering you a resident anyway. you could go home any day and be deported at any moment. >> reporter: he debates ross in 2016 pushing the citizenship saying aliens who do not actually reside in the united states are accounted for sue portionment approaches. the latest t...

And dont have the kind of problems iraq has. it is not simply a question of bad map making that brought iraq to where it is today. it is also succession of poor leaders and -- two very devastating wars. one against iraq -- iran and then, of course, more recent war against the u.s. and coalition forces. and then terrible government after the war by the person who is now prime minister, al maliki. it is part of a continuum of extremely poor governance by over a millennia. >> you mentioned al malik...

In 2010 the state capitol did everything you could do to help candidates get into washington and hold on to their seats. so they got to do the map making there. this is the product that helps to lead to the districts. this is what floridas third district right now. that process the process of a party drawing the lines to the favorites. it is named after there is a twist in florida. even as they were electing the republicans to run are the state

The american people support it. the only question is whether congress will have the courage to do the right thing or whether they will allow more innocent people including innocent children to be gunned down. >> why is there such a chasm between what people have said they wanted in poll after powe and what congress seems poised to do? >> yeah. this has to do a lot with the house of representatives. i think if there is any kind of gun control measure that can be passed in the wake of the newtown ...