All information about electorates is available at /Data/electorates.json
[
{
"Name": "Canberra",
"ShortName": "canberra",
"State": "ACT",
"Area": 312.0,
"ExistInCurrent": true,
"ExistInFuture": true,
"DateGazetted": "2018-07-13",
"Description": "<p>The Division of Canberra covers an area in central ACT consisting of the Districts of:</p><ul><li>Canberra Central,</li><li>Kowen,</li><li>Majura,</li><li>part of Belconnen,</li><li>part of Jerrabomberra,</li><li>part of Molonglo Valley,</li><li>part of Weston Creek, and</li><li>part of Woden Valley</li></ul>",
"DemographicRating": "<strong>Inner Metropolitan</strong> - situated in capital cities and consisting of well-established built-up suburbs",
"ProductsAndIndustry": "Mainly residential with tourism, retail and some light industry at Fyshwick and Beard",
"NameDerivation": "A locality name derived from an Aboriginal word which is held to mean 'meeting place'.",
"Members": [
{
"Name": "Brodtmann, G",
"Begin": 2010,
"Party": "ALP"
},
{
"Name": "Ellis, A",
"Begin": 1998,
"End": 2010,
"Party": "ALP"
}
]
},
All maps are in geojson format.
The following grouping of maps exist:
- Future (Next election) /Data/Maps/Future
- Current (2016 election) /Data/Maps/Current
Each of the above groupings have the following structure.
- Australia and state "combined electorate" maps are at the root.
- Specific electorate maps are located inside a subdirectory based on the state they exist in.
Each maps has multiple variants based on simplification.
With the two options combined, there are 5 different options for each map.
Below is the combinations for Bass
| Size | File name | Simplification |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8MB | bass.geojson | none |
| 231KB | bass_20.geojson | 20% |
| 94KB | bass_10.geojson | 20% |
| 46KB | bass_05.geojson | 5% |
| 8KB | bass_01.geojson | 1% |
Simplification uses MapShaper simplify option
Visvalingam simplification iteratively removes the least important point from a polyline. The importance of points is measured using a metric based on the geometry of the triangle formed by each non-endpoint vertex and the two neighboring vertices
The level of simplification is represented as a percent number. 20, 10, 5, and 1. representing 20%, 10%, 5%, and 1%. The smaller the number the smaller the file, but with the loss of some accuracy.
https://nuget.org/packages/AustralianElectorates/
PM> Install-Package AustralianElectorates
https://nuget.org/packages/AustralianElectorates.Bogus/
PM> Install-Package AustralianElectorates.Bogus
// get an electorate by name
var fenner = DataLoader.Fenner;
Debug.WriteLine(fenner.Description);
// get an electorate by string
var canberra = DataLoader.Electorates.Single(x => x.Name == "Canberra");
Debug.WriteLine(canberra.Description);
// access the current member
var currentMember = canberra.Members.First();
Debug.WriteLine(currentMember.Name);
Debug.WriteLine(currentMember.Party);
// get an electorates maps (geojson) by string
var currentFennerGeoJson = DataLoader.Fenner.GetCurrentMap();
Debug.WriteLine(currentFennerGeoJson);
var futureFennerGeoJson = DataLoader.Fenner.GetFutureMap();
Debug.WriteLine(futureFennerGeoJson);
// get an electorates maps (geojson) by string
var currentCanberraGeoJson = DataLoader.CurrentMaps.GetElectorate("Canberra");
Debug.WriteLine(currentCanberraGeoJson);
var futureCanberraGeoJson = DataLoader.FutureMaps.GetElectorate("Canberra");
Debug.WriteLine(futureCanberraGeoJson);
// export all data to a directory
// structure will be
// /electorates.json
// /Current (current states and australia geojson files)
// /Current/Electorates (current electorate geojson files)
// /Future (future states and australia geojson files)
// /Future/Electorates (future electorate geojson files)
DataLoader.Export(
directory: Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory,"Maps"),
overwrite: true);
var faker = new Faker<Target>()
.RuleFor(u => u.RandomElectorate, (f, u) => f.AustralianElectorates().Electorate())
.RuleFor(u => u.RandomElectorateName, (f, u) => f.AustralianElectorates().Name())
.RuleFor(u => u.RandomCurrentMember, (f, u) => f.AustralianElectorates().CurrentMember())
.RuleFor(u => u.RandomCurrentMemberName, (f, u) => f.AustralianElectorates().CurrentMemberName())
.RuleFor(u => u.RandomMember, (f, u) => f.AustralianElectorates().Member())
.RuleFor(u => u.RandomMemberName, (f, u) => f.AustralianElectorates().MemberName());
var targetInstance = faker.Generate();
The code in this repository is licensed under MIT.
Copyright © 2018 Commonwealth of Australia (Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet)
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
The content/data that is rendered (all files under /Data/) is sourced from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) and remains under the AEC Copyright.
The content/data in this repository does not necessarily represent the latest data made available by the AEC. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet gives no warranty regarding the accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability of the content/data for any particular purpose.
This product (AustralianElectorates) incorporates data that is:
© Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Electoral Commission) 2018
The Data (Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (various years)) has been used in AustralianElectorates with the permission of the Australian Electoral Commission. The Australian Electoral Commission has not evaluated the Data as altered and incorporated within AustralianElectorates, and therefore gives no warranty regarding its accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose.
Limited End-user licence provided by the Australian Electoral Commission: You may use AustralianElectorates to load, display, print and reproduce views obtained from the Data, retaining this notice, for your personal use, or use within your organisation only.
Some tools are required for GIS operations.
Part of Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL)
Installation:
- Install Node
- Install MapShaper globally
npm install -g mapshaper
https://github.com/mbloch/mapshaper/wiki/Command-Reference
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