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Images Show JW Turk Power Plant Construction

The US Department of Agriculture Farm Services Agency released the 2009 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) data for Arkansas earlier this year.  The images here show the J.W. Turk power plant under construction.  The construction site is situated between Fulton and McNab in Hempstead County east of State Highway 355.  The image resolution is 1 […]

Drew County Orthophotography

Drew County has provided 1 foot resolution, natural color orthos for the county and half foot resolution for the City of Monticello. The data was flown and processed by Eagle Forestry Services. The data can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/95XeFM as a tiff or Mr.Sid file. Thank you goes to Judge Lampkin, Mr. Horn, 911 Coordinator, and Drew County […]

Craighead County Parcel Update

Craighead County has provided an update of their parcels. The GeoStor database has been updated with the data provided. Thanks goes to Craighead County for their willingness to share data. Download – http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Camp+parcel+dl FTP (for whole state)- http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=statewide+vectors+ftp

AR Road Centerline File: Two Counties Updated

These updates are critical to the maintenance of the file and the state appreciates the Cleburne and Jefferson Counties willingness to share the data. County Clip: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=acf+dl Statewide Dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Filename is TRANSP_ROADS_ACF_line

Madison County, AR Parcels Now Available

Thank you goes to Madison County, who recently submitted their parcels for inclusion in GeoStor. The county continues to work to complete remaining areas.Download – http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Camp+parcel+dl FTP (for whole state)- http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=statewide+vectors+ftp Name = CADAS.PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP or CADAS.PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP

Updated School District Boundary

The UALR GIS Applications Laboratory and Secretary of State have provided an update to the AR Public School District file. This file includes all of the annexations that became effective on July 1, 2010.Annexations include: 1. Weiner SD consolidated Harrisburg SD 2. Delight SD consolidated Murfreesboro SD 3. Turrell SD consolidated Marion SD 4. Wickes […]

ADEQ wins award for innovative use of GIS technology

The AGIO congratulates the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for receiving an award at the ESRI Conference for its “innovative use” of GIS technology. “FOR RELEASE:  July 14, 2010 ADEQ RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) was selected from more than 300,000 organizations worldwide to receive an award for its innovative […]

Possible Federal Funding for Local GIS Projects

The federal government is competitively awarding over $700 million dollars in grants to local governments in February 2011. According to the ICMA’s Center for Sustainable Communities article “New Federal Funding for Local Governments,” by Keith Strigaro, the funding will be available for a variety of local sustainability efforts, including housing and urban development, transportation, and […]

Updated School District Boundary

The UALR GIS Applications Laboratory and Secretary of State have provided an update to the AR Public School District file. This file includes the resulting reallocation of Twin Rivers School District which became effective on July 1, 2010. The file can be downloaded from here http://bit.ly/b8Gokp

AR Road Centerline File: Five Counties Updated

Grant, Hempstead, Howard, Prairie, and Searcy counties have all provided updates to the AR road centerline file. These updates are critical to the maintenance of the file and the state appreciates the counties willingness to share the data. Data can be downloaded in one of two waysCounty Clip: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=acf+dlStatewide ACF Data Set: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/