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Arkansas Congressional District Boundaries Published on GeoStor

The 2011 version of the Arkansas Congressional District Boundaries has been published on GeoStor.  The data represent the new boundaries drawn by the 88th General Assembly.  Their work is detailed in Act 1242 of 2011.  The boundaries reapportion the state’s population into new districts roughly equal in population. Link to the 2011 Congressional District GIS data […]

Arkansas Congressional District Boundaries Published

The 2011 version of the Arkansas Congressional District Boundaries has been published on GeoStor. The data represent the new boundaries drawn by the 88th General Assembly. Their work is detailed in Act 1242 of 2011. The boundaries reapportion the state’s population into new districts roughly equal in population. Link to the 2011 Congressional District GIS […]

Arkansas' GeoStor: DFIRM Data Additions

Digital Flood Insurance Map (DFIRM), provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been up dated in GeoStor. The data is not available statewide as illustrated in the graphic to the right.  Update includes: Baxter, Boone, Craighead, Drew, Greene, Howard, Johnson, Mississippi, Phillips, Ouachita FEMA also provides a web service which is updated more often than GeoStor […]

Data Updates and Additions

The following data sets have been updatedAvailability of Lidar- http://goo.gl/PIgJbHealth Facility Services- http://goo.gl/NU69mHospitals- http://goo.gl/rDseQZip Plus 4- http://goo.gl/vK1l The following data sets have been added2010 Montgomery County Orthos- http://goo.gl/KukMQ2010 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)- http://goo.gl/E6VDU Thank you to all of you who continue to contribute to GeoStor

Six Decades of Congressional Redistricting Change

Each news day in Arkansas for several weeks has mentioned the 88th General Assembly’s job of redistricting our state’s Congressional Districts. The Arkansas Geographic Information Office developed a short animation of the Congressional Districts for the state going back over that last six decades.  We hope this look at the past will help the public […]

Parcel Updates

Arkansas County Assessors continue to provide updates to the parcel data. Thank you- Clark, Jefferson, Pike, Pope, Saline, and White County Parcels have been updated in the GeoStor databasesLinks to data (clip): http://bit.ly/Parcel1Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filenames (CADAS_PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP and CADAS_PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP)

Publicly Funded Lidar in Arkansas

The AGIO is responding to a request from the GIS Board to coordinate lidar data development in an effort to reduce duplication of effort. Shelby Johnson provided  an update on AGIO efforts related to lidar availability within the state at the AR GIS User Forum meeting today. The AGIO has been coordinating with US Army […]

Road Centerline and Address Point Files Updated

Arkansas Road Centerline File (ACF) and Address Point File have been updated. ACF updates include: Arkansas, Clark, Hot Spring, Howard, Montgomery, Pike, Pope, and Washington counties.  Washington county has been updated and Izard county has been add to the address point file ACF by County: http://bit.ly/ACF4Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Filename (TRANSP_ROADS_ACF_line) Address Point File by County: […]

GeoStor Redistricting Advisory

GeoStor uses the AHTD County boundary as the clip layer for extracting all data requests clipped by county name.  That boundary has been in use on GeoStor for delivering GIS data because it is a more accurate representation of county boundaries.  Its source is from improved basemap data. Users who are downloading Census blocks for […]

City Boundary updates

Note: Schema change Pop2000 replaces Population and represents the information collected in the 2000 census. Pop2010 was added and represents the information collected in the 2010 census.The Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department has provided an update to the City Boundary file. This update includes modifications to the following city boundaries: Alexander, Alma, Antoine, Ash Flat,  Batesville, Ben Lomond, Benton, […]