Comments on: BC Electoral Boundaries Commission is Geo-Savvy http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/08/15/107/bc-electoral-boundaries-commission-is-geo-savvy/ ...Jason Birch's geospatial ramblings Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tyler Mitchell http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/08/15/107/bc-electoral-boundaries-commission-is-geo-savvy/#comment-38645 Tyler Mitchell Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:43:09 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/08/15/107/bc-electoral-boundaries-commission-is-geo-savvy/#comment-38645 Thanks for posting this - great to see the work they've done. I think my home town was split in half by new boundaries, causing total confusion. Now I'll have to go see where they really fell. Thanks for posting this - great to see the work they’ve done. I think my home town was split in half by new boundaries, causing total confusion. Now I’ll have to go see where they really fell.

]]> By: emptyset http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/08/15/107/bc-electoral-boundaries-commission-is-geo-savvy/#comment-38377 emptyset Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:50:20 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/08/15/107/bc-electoral-boundaries-commission-is-geo-savvy/#comment-38377 Actually, you have found a case of gerrymandering - my cousin Larry lives at those exact coordinates in a lean-to. It's always been a fight between him and those that live in the subdivision that don't take too kindly to him selling his wares behind their house. They know no bounds - going after the weak and puny like that. Actually, you have found a case of gerrymandering - my cousin Larry lives at those exact coordinates in a lean-to. It’s always been a fight between him and those that live in the subdivision that don’t take too kindly to him selling his wares behind their house. They know no bounds - going after the weak and puny like that.

]]> By: Jason Birch http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/08/15/107/bc-electoral-boundaries-commission-is-geo-savvy/#comment-38322 Jason Birch Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:36:08 +0000 http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/08/15/107/bc-electoral-boundaries-commission-is-geo-savvy/#comment-38322 There is also a VERY cool time animation of the electoral boundaries in BC: http://www.bc-ebc.ca/boundaries/maps/historical_maps Here's a challenge: see if you can locate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_McCarthy" rel="nofollow">Gracie's Finger </a> There is also a VERY cool time animation of the electoral boundaries in BC:

http://www.bc-ebc.ca/boundaries/maps/historical_maps

Here’s a challenge: see if you can locate Gracie’s Finger

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