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    10 AR Health Department Layers Updated

    The Arkansas Department of Health has updated the following 10 layers on GeoStor. Public Water Systems: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=9c092a45f2c4c3a3625f9877e9dd4695 Community Health Center: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=37d9b1b78b41ddc929a1faf7c254b931 Heliport: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=1583640d2b4e338edc1f1e8222a79aaf Hospital Related Service: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=3c077ae22872adffaec46b90e2a95660 Hospital: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=d68e448c56aa1418bf4a32b8084b61c0 Local Health Unit: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=26ddadad511245416e950fc70c74ddb2 Long Term Care Facility: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=6fc0d15c9fb5b5c51622d9cd1d7cd5bf Health Region: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=f4f0f7dda482335bb480233d3b8b9866 Rural Health Clinic: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=2531cc1e8fd910cdf2eaa653ee4f59dc Veteran Affairs Service: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=6ffa9a092f8143b67f060b80c43d68cd

    AHTD provides new datasets and updates others

    The Arkanasas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has provided the 2009 Road Inventory data set for download. This data set includes 30+ attributes including functional class codes, lane widths, average daily traffic counts, ect. All of the attributes are documented within the metadata. http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=57b7ad161edbdfee5140d1fd7758a828 AHTD has also provided Mile Marker Post http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=56be6654d01a3c0eaf21e0251741c31d and updates to: […]

    New Orthos in the Delta

    High Res Image Service Eagle Forestry Services/EFS GeoTechnologies (EFS) http://www.efsgeotech.com/ collects and processes a high volume of high resolution digital orthorectified aerial imagery products each year. EFS collected roughly 6,500 square miles of eastern Arkansas between November 2009 and March 2010 for the Corp of Engineers, Memphis District. In subsequent meetings, EFS received permission from […]

    Cadastral data Updated

    Columbia and Saline County cadastral (parcel) data has been updated in the GeoStor database. Thank you for your willingness to share data with users world-wide. Clip by CountyCentroids: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=7245838e4221a2b6f342e7254db5236ePolygons: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=89cd86974fb8b6a858343431a5bbaa53 Statewide Dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filenames: CADAS.PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP & CADAS.PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP Status Graphic: http://www.gis.arkansas.gov/Programs/camp_stat.html

    Major update to city boundaries in state database

    The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department’s Mapping and Graphics Section has recently updated over 100 city boundaries in Arkansas. The updated city boundary file can be found on GeoStor, at: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=1e4ac0a30bf74bbfc90af81180b36265 Cities included in this update are the following: Adona Clarendon Gum Springs Lonoke Plumerville Almyra Concord Gurdon Magness Portland Amity Corinth Hamburg McRae Poyen […]

    City Boundary updates

    The Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department has provided an update to the City Boundary file. This update includes modifications to the following city boundaries:  Adona, Almyra, Amity, Arkadelphia, Austin, Bald Knob, Batesville, Bay, Beebe, Bellefonte, Belleville, Bergman, Bigelow, Biscoe, Black Oak, Bradford, Brinkley, Cabot, Caddo Valley, Casa, Cherokee Village, Clarendon, Concord, Corinth, Crossett, Cushman, Danville, […]

    Arkansas Road Centerline History

    This chronological list documents important historical factors leading to the completion of the Arkansas Road Centerline File. Mid-1980s –The U.S. Census Bureau develops a vector file format called Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER), which could be used to spatially represent Census information. 1985 – Arkansas Legislature adopts the Arkansas Public Safety Communications Act.  […]

    Users Expand on Centerlines

    The following is a collection of quotes from producers and users of the Arkansas Centerline File program. Dale Booker, Nevada County 911 Coordinator, Prescott, Ark. “In Nevada County, Centerline and Point Addressing has been in service for approximately eight years, this has greatly reduced the response time of our ambulance service, fire departments and law enforcement. All […]

    Statewide Centerline Coverage Completed

    The Arkansas Centerline File (ACF) program has reached its initial round of statewide completion as of August 17, 2010, with the final counties’ road centerline files being uploaded to GeoStor, the state’s geospatial database. The ACF program began in 2002 in response to state and local officials seeing the need for a common and accurate […]

    Even the roads less traveled are now on the map!

    *CORRECTION* Thanks to Craig Neidig for pointing out that West Virginia also has a similar road mapping project. We have updated the graphic above to include WV. The Arkansas Geographic Information Office held a press conference on August 17, 2010 to highlight the completion of the Arkansas Road Centerline file. The counties will now maintain […]