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Arkansas Strategic Business Plan for GIS Released

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office posted the final version of the 2010 State GIS Business Plan on its website today.  The plan represents a hallmark moment in the history of organized geographic information systems (GIS) in Arkansas.  Interestingly enough, the earliest coordination effort began almost 20 years ago by former Governor Bill Clinton.  The plan […]

Home Sale Reports Turned Visual

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO)has teamed up with the Arkansas Realtors Association to publish their home sale reports using GIS.  Home sales represent an important gauge of the Arkansas economy. The data is gathered by the Association and shipped to the AGIO where its joined with GIS files by county. The maps show home […]

Jonesboro, AR Road Data Added

63 new road features from Jonesboro, AR have been added to the Arkansas Road Centerline File. “These were effectively added to the existing centerline files, and addressed if addresses were available.  Some of the roads exist, but no houses have been built on them, and are not assigned addresses yet.  They were placed by the […]

New Data- Justice of Peace Districts

Justice of the Peace Districts for select counties are now available via GeoStor. The Arkansas Secretary of State created and provided this data set. Work continues to complete the JP districts in all 75 counties. The following counties are currently available for download:  Arkansas, United States of America, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, […]

City Boundary updates & Situs Address Edits

Thank you to the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department for providing significant updates to the city boundary file. http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=1e4ac0a30bf74bbfc90af81180b36265 Updates include:  Altheimer, Amagon, Austin, Bay, Beedeville, Benton, Bentonville, Bethel Heights, Black Oak, Black Springs, Bono, Brookland, Bryant, Campbell Station, Caraway, Cash, Cave Springs, Centerton, Conway, Dermott, Diamondhead, Diaz, Donaldson, Egypt, Elkins, Elm Springs, Enola, Eudora, Farmington, Fayetteville, Fisher, […]

Situs Address Point File

Van Buren County has been added to the Situs Address Point File. http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Situs+Address

More Eyes Equals Better Data

The Arkansas Road Centerline File effort is unique because it does not seek to just create the data. The effort includes a continued effort to have road centerlines maintained at the local level. There is also great deal of value that comes from having the data used. User provided feedback is one benefit of having […]

2009 Arkansas Parcel Grant Awards Announced

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office (AGIO), on behalf of the State Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Board, is pleased to announce awards for the 2009 Parcel Grant Program. Grants will be awarded as follows: Jefferson County Assessor Office was awarded $6,400 for a software upgrade to ArcEditor, training to streamline its polygon production workflow, and to […]

GeoStor Outage

We are experiencing some issues with our WFS services and map viewer. We were attempting an upgrade of the map viewer last night and everything has gone downhill since. We will try to get everything back online and working as quickly as possible. http://dev.geostor.org/ Glen