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GeoWeb Heats Up When the Weather is Sour

The January 29th weather event sweeping across the state has produced a high number of hits and searches across the geo-enabled landscape of the state. Why? Well the answer runs the gambit from curiosity, causal weather watchers and Internet junkies passing the time, to critical decision makers who are consuming relevant mapped information to marshal […]

Arkansas Road Centerline File Updated

Big thanks to all those particpating in the Arkansas Road Centerline File Program. Downloading the statewide dataset will require a FGDB.http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=d0d36cd5b57607113e37f3970018cf99 You can download the statewide datasets as a shapefile from the ftp site (TRANSP_ROADS_ACF_line)ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ UpdatesArkansasAshleyBaxterBooneCarrollColumbiaConwayVan Buren

Arkansas ZIP+4 Data Now Available on GeoStor

January 11, 2010 The Arkansas Geographic Information Office announced today that ZIP+4® centroid coordinates and physical address points (for available counties) have been published and are available for consumption on GeoStor. The ZIP+4® centroids are created from a United States Postal Service monthly subscription by the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), Excise Tax Division,  […]

Zip+4 and Situs Address Data Available

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office announced today that ZIP+4® centroid coordinates and physical address points (for available counties) have been published and are available for consumption on GeoStor… Read full story here: http://wp.me/pA5NN-1z Zip+4 Data – http://bit.ly/8o2s1QSitus Address Data – http://bit.ly/5GL3Kz

Cadastral data Added and Updated

Big thanks and congratulations to all those particpating in the County Assessor Mapping Program. Roughly 107,300 centroids and 118,850 parcel polygons have been added to the CAMP databases. Downloading the statewide parcel dataset will require a FGDB. You can download the statewide datasets as a shapefile from the ftp site New FilesBaxter (pt/poly)Carroll (pt/poly)Columbia (poly)Hot […]

WGS84 Conversion

I have been working on converting all web map services to WGS84 and it is becoming a long and laborious project so I want to know if people even want to convert to WGS84. If no one wants it I’ll just leave everything as is and move on to something else. Pros: It’s a standard […]

GeoStor Update

So many things going on! Brief summary: There were some issues with raster downloads, these should be fixed now You also shouldn’t be able to download a raster data set in incompatible formats now BIG NEWS!!!! Most of our storage hardware will be out of warranty in a few months and you know what happens […]

2010 State GIS Board Meeting Dates

The State GIS Board had its final meeting for 2009 on Wednesday, and established meeting dates for 2010. The minutes for the past two meetings are being reviewed and edited, and will be posted to the AGIO  Web site  as soon as they are complete. The confirmed GISB meeting dates for 2010 are: March 3rd […]

Quorum Court Supports GIS Plans in Drew County

Adrian Clark participated in the Drew County Quorum Court meeting in Monticello, Ark. Tuesday night. The primary topic of discussion was the county’s GIS program. Dr. Robert Kissell, UAM associate professor and State GIS Board member, gave a presentation explaining the basics of GIS technology and how it can benefit the county. Representatives from EFS […]

GIS User Testimony: One benefit of high-resolution satellite imagery

The AGIO intuitively knows our work with counties has impact, but the user testimony below made our day. Sometimes it’s the small things that make day-to-day struggles worthwhile and put a smile on your face. “Though this is not as earth-shaking as some of the other stories, I want to relate how the efforts of […]