Please mark you calendars for the GIS Board meeting on September 3, 2014 at Ozarka College, 1800 College Dr. Mountain View, AR. The agenda is packed and some highlights include: Proposed Legislation for 2015 Address Database and Municipal Boundaries; updates on GeoStor, the Local 911 Systems Blue Ribbon Committee, plats.arkansas.gov and the Parcel Mapping Project; […]
On January 31, 2014, an Arkansas Forestry Commission plane was reported missing in western Arkansas. The plane was on a routine forest fire patrol mission when the pilot failed to check in at one of his checkpoints. The search started out local, but quickly grew into the largest search and rescue mission in Arkansas history. […]
The Arkansas Geographic Information Office is pleased to announce that Holly Settlers has joined the agency as its new Administrative Specialist. Holly will be responsible for agency financial transactions, procurement, record management, performing general office duties and providing administrative support to the State GIS Board. Before joining AGIO, Holly was employed with Cardinal Health Distributions. […]
I was recently asked to share some insight on the success of YOUR county road centerline program. One of the first things that came to mind was our constant interaction with the counties who create and share this data with the state. Here’s a quick look at the travel to counties in September. This is […]
A long time ago we had a big dream. The dream was that someday our state would be able to assemble a statewide parcel map produced by the counties and then published for decision makers. Today we are a step closer to realizing that dream. The parcel polygon file will be updated on GeoStor today […]
Yesterday I was engaged in a great email discussion about the structure and data content of the Arkansas Road Centerline File. The discussion centered on the way in which most counties represent the primary street name for roads that are highways. There are discrepancies across the state for how the name is presented. Years ago […]
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 […]
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 […]
The AGIO is responding to a request from the GIS Board to coordinate lidar data development in an effort to reduce duplication of effort. Shelby Johnson provided an update on AGIO efforts related to lidar availability within the state at the AR GIS User Forum meeting today. The AGIO has been coordinating with US Army […]
Arkansas law requires any school district that has a minority population greater than 10% to have their school board members elected by zones. Many districts are already zoned so this isn’t new to them but there may be other districts for which this will go into effect for the first time. The data represents 010 […]
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