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AHTD Functional Classification Data on GeoStor

The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has just posted Functional Classification data on GeoStor.  The AHTD is in the process of working with county and local officials to determine which roads in their jurisdiction are to be classified.  The Functional Classification data set shows the various level of Federal-Aid eligibility.  This data- and the […]

City Boundary Updates

The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has provided an update to the City Boundary file. This update includes modifications to the following city boundaries: In Benton County- Cave Springs, Bentonville and Little Flock.  In Sebastian County-  Lavaca, Bonanza, Greenwood, Hackett, Midland, Huntington, Hartford. The file can be downloaded via http://goo.gl/lWrJi Thanks to the AHTD Mapping Section […]

Parcel Match, Encourage Them and They Might Map

In 2011 AGIO received legislative funding to develop a Parcel Mapping Program stemming from elements in our State GIS Business Plan.  For a historical reference take a look at this article.  The key recommendation in this plan was implementing a procurement matching concept so that both the state and counties have “skin in the game.”  Ultimately the […]

Serving You

Yesterday I was engaged in a great email discussion about the structure and data content of the Arkansas Road Centerline File.  The discussion centered on the way in which most counties represent the primary street name for roads that are highways.  There are discrepancies across the state for how the name  is presented.  Years ago […]

2012 Address Point Update More Dots Coming Soon

The great people in the counties of Arkansas continue to amaze us here in the Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO).  A few years ago we started this cooperative effort to develop address point level data with the counties as natural progression from the road centerline program.  It’s been a tremendous effort.  For AGIO’s part we provide […]

Arkansas Oil and Gas Well Data Update

Arkansas Oil and Gas Well Data Update The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) has provided an update to the Statewide Arkansas Oil and Gas Well GIS data. The file can be downloaded via http://bit.ly/A4WrhA Thanks to the AOGC GIS department for this update.

Address Point File Update

County Address Point update available on GeoStor for Bradley, Perry, and Union Counties along with an update of White County.The statewide status of this important data is steadily improving.http://www.gis.arkansas.gov/Programs/acf_stat.htmlAddress Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filename (STRUC_SITUS_ADDRESS_PT_point)Thanks to these Counties for providing high quality data for use by the broader community.

2011 Look Back

I wanted to say thanks to everyone.  As I wind down 2011 and look back on the year about to pass I sat here at my desk and thought of many of you and a few of the highlights. I remembered the phrase “It takes a village” which was in vogue in the late 90’s. […]

Davis Joins Arkansas Geographic Information Office

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office is pleased to announce that Tony Davis has joined the agency. Tony is filling the position vacated by Learon Dalby. Tony comes to us from the private sector where he operated his own GIS consulting business. In that capacity he worked on the centerline, parcel mapping, and address point programs […]