GeoStor Service Interuption

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office is experiencing a service interruption with the GeoStor downloads.  The remainder of the system is operating normally.

Users who need access to data immediately have a couple of options:

1)  access the data by feature or image services  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ_h9UFFC88

2)  access data on the FTP site http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=ftp

We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for your patience as we work restore this service.

City Boundary Updates

City Boundary updates

The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has provided an update to the City Boundary file. This update includes modifications to the following city boundaries: Kingsland, Magnolia, Pottsville, Rison and Waldron

The file can be downloaded via http://goo.gl/lWrJi

Thanks to the AHTD Mapping Section for this update.

Address Point File Update

County Address Point update available on GeoStor for Madison County.


The statewide status of this important data is steadily improving.
http://www.gis.arkansas.gov/Programs/acf_stat.html


Address Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2
Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/
Filename (STRUC_SITUS_ADDRESS_PT_point)

Thanks to Madison County for providing high quality data for use by the broader community.

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/Address2
Statewide 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/Address2
Statewide 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 here.
http://bit.ly/AdoptedHouse


The Senate Districts are here.
http://bit.ly/AdoptedSenate

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/Address2
Statewide 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.

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/ACF4
Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/
Filename (TRANSP_ROADS_ACF_line)

Address Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2
Statewide 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 for use by the broader community.

AR Data Updates

Arkansas County Assessors continue to provide updates to the parcel data. Thank you-

Little River and Mississippi County Parcels have been updated in the GeoStor databases
Links to data (clip): http://bit.ly/Parcel1
Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/
Filenames (CADAS_PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP and CADAS_PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP)


Stone County Addresses have been added to the GeoStor database. 
Address Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2
Statewide 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 for use by the broader community.

May 2011 Flooding

UPDATE: The files on the ftp site were updated on 5/7/2011 at 12:45.

Updates included full removal of <0.25 polys
Removed the file named recl_1. It was duplicative of other coverage. 

The State of Arkansas experienced extensive flooding in May of 2011. The AGIO acquired medium resolution imagery via the International Charter. The data was processed using the techniques below. Please refer to metadata associated with each file. ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/201105_Flooding

The files were generated as a visual representation of flooding that occurred in the Arkansas Delta in May 2011. The files should not be used for engineering or any other application that requires precise calculations.

• Tiled files Downloaded from U.S. Geological Survey Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS) 201104_Floods_Central_US under restricted International Charter Call 362.  Image Source SPOT - Agency DOD - Vendor Eagle Vision Information regarding the International Charter http://www.disasterscharter.org/home

• Source imagery georectification was further refined by AGIO using Arkansas source basemap data.

• Source image Band 1 was classified into 9 categories using ESRI Spatial Analyst extension. 

• Resulting file reclassified Categories 2 and 3 to Category 1 representing water.  All other categories reclassified as No Data.

• Files exported to vector forma

• Image source Date column and values added.

• Vector reprojected UTM Zone 15 North NAD83

• Area column added and areas calculated.

• Removed areas less than >0.25 ac., approx. 3x3 pixels.

April 25, 2011 Weather Event- Update2

The imagery for Vilonia, AR is available on the GeoStor ftp site http://goo.gl/dEDPf
filename = 20110428-ViloniaAR (this is a Mr.Sid mosiac). The tiff files are available in the tiffs folder http://goo.gl/LNpSX.

NOTE: All tiff files will be removed from the ftp site on Friday May 6, 2011. Please retrieve the tiff files prior to then if you would like to use them. The MrSid image will remain on the ftp site.

April 25, 2011 Weather Event- Update1

Several data sets have been added to the ftp site including information related to the April 26th storms. FTP site http://goo.gl/5vgjG

The AGIO is coordinating with Faulkner County staff and EFS (http://www.efsgeotech.com/) to capture aerial photography for an area around Vilonia, Arkansas http://goo.gl/D5iEw

•  Area of interest- FileName = 20110426FlightPlanVilonia http://goo.gl/dED
• Imagery Capture Date: 4/28/2011 or as soon as safe and appropriate flying conditions exist.
• Quality: No fog, smoke, clouds or haze that obscure ground conditions.
• Camera: Digital 
• Type: Natural Color, RGB (no data shall be coded as such) 
• Resolution: One Foot GSD 
• Final Product: Color balance, edge-match, quality controlled 
• Format: .tiff tiled and named according to tiling scheme (FileName = 20110426AerialTileScheme http://goo.gl/dEDPf), 20:1 compressed Mr. Sid mosaic 
• Delivery date: No later than 5/6/2011 (unless flying conditions become unfavorable) 
• License: (Open Data http://goo.gl/ydyQy) product will be posted on the GeoStor ftp site upon completion of delivery to the county staff

April 25, 2011 Weather Event

We have begun posting preliminary information on the GeoStor ftp site ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20110425_weather We will continue posting information on this site as we receive it. Please review the readme file for details on each data set. Please contact Learon Dalby if you create products you would like to share via this ftp site. 
 

Arkansas Congressional District Boundaries Published

The 2011 version of the Arkansas Congressional District Boundaries has been published on GeoStor. The data represent the new boundaries drawn by the 88th General Assembly. Their work is detailed in Act 1242 of 2011. The boundaries reapportion the state’s population into new districts roughly equal in population.



Link to the 2011 Congressional District GIS data on GeoStor.
 

Arkansas' GeoStor: DFIRM Data Additions

Digital Flood Insurance Map (DFIRM), provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been up dated in GeoStor. The data is not available statewide as illustrated in the graphic to the right. 

Update includes: Baxter, Boone, Craighead, Drew, Greene, Howard, Johnson, Mississippi, Phillips, Ouachita

FEMA also provides a web service which is updated more often than GeoStor recieves the data.

Download data http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=DFIRM+DL

Fema page describing WMS connection http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=DFIRM+OFF

Data Updates and Additions

The following data sets have been updated
Availability of Lidar- http://goo.gl/PIgJb
Health Facility Services- http://goo.gl/NU69m
Hospitals- http://goo.gl/rDseQ
Zip Plus 4- http://goo.gl/vK1l

The following data sets have been added
2010 Montgomery County Orthos- http://goo.gl/KukMQ
2010 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)- http://goo.gl/E6VDU

Thank you to all of you who continue to contribute to GeoStor

Parcel Updates

Arkansas County Assessors continue to provide updates to the parcel data. Thank you-

Clark, Jefferson, Pike, Pope, Saline, and White County Parcels have been updated in the GeoStor databases
Links to data (clip): http://bit.ly/Parcel1
Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/
Filenames (CADAS_PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP and CADAS_PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP)

Road Centerline and Address Point Files Updated

Arkansas Road Centerline File (ACF) and Address Point File have been updated. ACF updates include: Arkansas, Clark, Hot Spring, Howard, Montgomery, Pike, Pope, and Washington counties.  Washington county has been updated and Izard county has been add to the address point file

ACF by County: http://bit.ly/ACF4
Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Filename (TRANSP_ROADS_ACF_line)

Address Point File by County:  http://bit.ly/Address2
Statewide 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 for use by the broader community.

City Boundary updates

Note: Schema change Pop2000 replaces Population and represents the information collected in the 2000 census. Pop2010 was added and represents the information collected in the 2010 census.


The Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department has provided an update to the City Boundary file. This update includes modifications to the following city boundaries: Alexander, Alma, Antoine, Ash Flat,  Batesville, Ben Lomond, Benton, Big Flat, Briarcliff, Bull Shoals, Caldwell, Cave City, Cedarville, Cherokee Village, Chester, Colt, Cotter, Daisy, De Queen, Delight, Dyer, Evening Shade, Flippin, Forrest City, Gassville, Gillham, Glenwood, Horatio, Hughes, Jacksonville, Kibler, Lakeview, Little Rock, Lockesburg, Madison,  Maumelle, Mountain Home, Mountainburg, Mulberry, Murfreesboro, Norfork, North Little Rock, Palestine, Pyatt, Rudy, Salesville, Sheridan,  Sidney, Star City, Summit , Wheatley, White Hall, Widener, Williford, Yellville


The file can be downloaded via http://goo.gl/lWrJi
 

Census 2010 Resources

We have found the links below useful (even for a pdf). Those digging into the 2010 Census data might want to take a look.


The record layouts for each shapefile layer contained in the 2010 Census Redistricting (P.L. 94-171) TIGER/Line Shapefiles as well as relationship files.  Shapefiles are listed in alphabetical order by geographic entity type. http://goo.gl/1BFrv 


2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File http://goo.gl/sPBeO

American FactFinder  http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html

Select 2010 Census data for AR is available at http://goo.gl/cRudq

AR 2010 Census Data

UPDATE: A processing error was identified in the Blocks - 2010 Census file . This error was introduced while loading into the GeoStor System. The error has been corrected in all locations (downloads & FTP). Please consider downloading the data again if you retrieved it prior to 2/15/2011 5:00pm. We are sorry for the inconvenience and thank the user who brought the error to our attention.

2010 Census data has been released for Arkansas. Visit American FactFinder (http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html) if you wish to download from the US Census Bureau.The data sets below have been published in GeoStor to support redistricting efforts. Users should be aware; not all census geography will align with other data sets in GeoStor. Geographies represented in the City Boundary, County Boundary, School District and other files on GeoStor are more current than those found in the Census files.

Visit the GeoStor ftp site (http://bit.ly/ARCensusData) if you would like to download the files statewide as a shapefile (zipped).

Direct link to files below http://geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=2010+Census
Blocks - 2010 Census (Shapefile is 600 MB and took 1 hour to process. Thank you for your patience.)
Congressional District - 2010 Census
County Boundary - 2010 Census
House District - 2010 Census
Places - 2010 Census
Senate District - 2010 Census
School District - 2010 Census
Voting District - 2010 Census

*Note: Not all of the tables have been linked to the geographic data. The PL194-74 files for Arkansas have been compiled into an access database. The Access database can be downloaded here (60MB zip file ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/2010Census/Ark_PL2010_Access2003.zip).

Parcel and School Updates

Pope County Parcels have been updated in the GeoStor databases
Links to data: http://bit.ly/Parcel1
Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Pu blic_Statewide/ Filenames (CADAS_PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP and CADAS_PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP)


Arkansas Public Schools k-12 file has been updated in the GeoStor Database http://goo.gl/GZP2M

Massive Parcel Update - Now Available

Staff have been busy processing a major update of parcel data now available for consumption.

Publication Status by County.

Parcels centroids have been updated for the counties corresponding to the polygon updates listed.

New parcel polygons now available for Franklin and Washington counties.

Updated parcel polygons for Baxter, Boone, Chicot, Clark, Conway, Faulkner, Jackson, Little River, and Stone counties.

Links to data: http://bit.ly/Parcel1

Filenames (CADAS_PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP and CADAS_PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP)

Thanks to those counties for sharing their data to the larger geospatial community.

County Boundary Updates

The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department has provided four updates to county boundaries.
* Graphics not displayed via email. Visit http://geostor.blogspot.com/ to view graphics. 
Data available at http://goo.gl/J0hwS
Updated county lines are in blue. Red represents the previous version.


Crawford / Franklin County Line

Arkansas / Jefferson County Line

Benton / Carroll County Line

Lonoke / Pulaski County Line

AR Legislative Districts

The names and web addresses have been update for the House and Senate files provided via GeoStor. These represent the members of the 88th General Assembly. http://bit.ly/Legislative

December 31, 2010 Weather Event

Arkansas was hit with sever weather on December 31, 2010. Damaging winds and a tornado spawned in Benton and Washington Counties.  Eagle Forestry Services (http://www.efsgeotech.com/) flew damaged portions of Benton and Washington County on January 3, 2011. They have provided the data to the Arkansas Geographic Information Office for inclusion in the state GIS Platform – GeoStor. This allows you full access to the imagery. Feel free to download and use as needed. ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20101231_Tornado/Imagery/

ACF Update

Benton, Grant, Lonoke, and Mississippi counties have been updated in the Arkansas Road Centerline File http://bit.ly/ACF4

Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Filename (TRANSP_ROADS_ACF_line)

Thank you to those that continue to make data available for broad use.