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Parcel Mapping Grant Program Update

Latest update on the status of the parcel mapping grant. At the close of the application period 30 county applications were received.  AGIO compiled all the applications into a grant package and forwarded that information to the State GIS Board  for their review. Prior to the Board’s August 31st meeting in Bentonville the Board was […]

Address Point Updates Clark and Pope County

Address Point File Updates County Address Point updates now available on GeoStor for Clark and Pope counties. Address Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filename (STRUC_SITUS_ADDRESS_PT_point)Thanks to both those counties for providing high quality data for use by the broader community.

Address Point Updates Miller and Montgomery County

Address Point File Updates County Address Point updates available on GeoStor for Miller and Montgomery counties. Address Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filename (STRUC_SITUS_ADDRESS_PT_point)Thanks to both those counties for providing high quality data for use by the broader community.

New House and Senate Districts Published

The new House and Senate districts of Arkansas have been published on GeoStor.  These files represent the new district boundaries for the House of Representatives and the Senate.  The lines were drawn by the Arkansas Board of Apportionment from the 2010 Census data and will be in effect for the next decade.The House Districts are […]

Address Point File Updates

County Address Point updates available on GeoStor for Calhoun, Columbia, Pulaski, Saline and Yell. Address Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filename (STRUC_SITUS_ADDRESS_PT_point)Thank you to those who provide high quality data for use by the broader community.

GeoStor Assessment

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office manages Arkansas’ Geodata Platform, GeoStor. We have watched the developments of various cloud deployments and felt it was time to assess the technical and financial feasibility of transitioning GeoStor to a hosted environment (NIST Definition http://goo.gl/bTGTO (pdf)). We decided the best course of action was to hire an independent firm, knowledgeable […]

State legislative districts soon to be completed

The Arkansas Board of Apportionment has been meeting for the past several weeks to finalize the new legislative districts. On Friday, July 29, at 9:30 a.m. the Board will cast its final vote on the new districts. Once finalized, the Arkansas Geographic Information Office will upload the new data to GeoStor. It should be publicly […]

2011 Parcel Grant application now available

The AGIO has released the 2011 Parcel Grant application to all counties. Any county is eligible to apply. If selected, the county must pay 40 percent of the parcel mapping cost, and the State will provide the remaining 60 percent. Please be sure to read all materials before applying so you are aware of deadlines […]

Road Centerline and Address Point Files Updated

Arkansas Road Centerline File (ACF) and Address Point File have been updated. ACF updates include: Garland, Izard, Logan, Perry, Pulaski, Stone and Yell counties.  Sebastian county has been updated in 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:  http://bit.ly/Address2Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filename (STRUC_SITUS_ADDRESS_PT_point)Thank you to those who continue to provide high quality data […]

AGIO continues progress with address point mapping

The problem is how to locate people, places and events using an address. The solution is developing GIS framework layers that support the process. The ACF (Arkansas Centerline File) program was started in 2002 and completed in 2010. Street level geo-coding is an adequate means of locating addresses for many purposes, but it lacks the […]