On the Shape and Design of Mosquito Abatement Districts

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Figure 8.5: The US State of Delaware decomposed into a grid of 216 convex rectangles.

party (in this case the Republicans), because most districts were poorly shaped. In our plan

almost all districts were nicely shaped, i.e. nearly convex. We propose applying the same

methodology when designing mosquito abatement districts.

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ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSIONS

The following steps when designing mosquito abatement regions are recommended in

[5].

Survey Develop and maintain a map system that includes the following information:

• The area under your protection

• Access routes into the area

• Mosquito production zones