Arkansas' GeoStor

City Boundary Updates

2012-01-31T14:43:00.000-06:00

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: In Benton County- Cave Springs, Bentonville and Little Flock. In Sebastian County- Lavaca, Bonanza, Greenwood, Hackett, Midland, Huntington, Hartford. The file can be downloaded via http://goo.gl/lWrJiThanks to the

Arkansas Oil and Gas Well Data Update

2012-01-06T08:53:00.000-06:00

Arkansas Oil and Gas Well Data Update The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) has provided an update to the Statewide Arkansas Oil and Gas Well GIS data. The file can be downloaded via http://bit.ly/A4WrhAThanks to the AOGC GIS department for this update.

Address Point File Update

2012-01-05T13:38:00.000-06:00

County Address Point update available on GeoStor for Bradley, Perry, and Union Counties along with an update of White 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 (

GeoStor Service Interuption

2011-11-01T14:50:00.000-05:00

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_h9UFFC882) access data on the FTP site http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?

City Boundary Updates

2011-10-07T16:19:00.000-05:00

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/lWrJiThanks to the AHTD Mapping Section for this update.

Address Point File Update

2011-10-03T16:18:00.000-05:00

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

Address Point Updates Clark and Pope County

2011-09-27T12:35:00.000-05:00

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

2011-08-29T16:47:00.000-05:00

Address Point File UpdatesCounty 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

2011-08-22T09:41:00.001-05:00

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

Address Point File Updates

2011-08-19T10:54:00.000-05:00

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

2011-06-14T12:59:00.000-05:00

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:/

AR Data Updates

2011-05-24T09:52:00.000-05:00

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

May 2011 Flooding

2011-05-07T00:07:00.001-05:00

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

April 25, 2011 Weather Event- Update2

2011-05-02T13:48:00.000-05:00

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

April 25, 2011 Weather Event- Update1

2011-04-27T13:39:00.000-05:00

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

April 25, 2011 Weather Event

2011-04-26T08:42:00.000-05:00

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

2011-04-20T08:16:00.001-05:00

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

2011-04-18T10:01:00.000-05:00

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

Data Updates and Additions

2011-04-11T08:40:00.000-05:00

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

Parcel Updates

2011-03-29T09:51:00.000-05:00

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

2011-03-15T08:44:00.000-05:00

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 (

City Boundary updates

2011-02-23T13:23:00.000-06:00

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,

Census 2010 Resources

2011-02-16T10:36:00.000-06:00

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

AR 2010 Census Data

2011-02-15T10:48:00.001-06:00

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

Parcel and School Updates

2011-02-05T15:52:00.000-06:00

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

2011-01-20T09:13:00.042-06:00

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

County Boundary Updates

2011-01-18T13:36:00.001-06:00

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

AR Legislative Districts

2011-01-11T16:40:00.000-06:00

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

2011-01-05T10:52:00.000-06:00

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

ACF Update

2011-01-03T15:12:00.000-06:00

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.

ACF Update

2010-11-22T10:12:00.000-06:00

Cross and Fulton 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)

GeoStor Download Issues

2010-11-19T14:10:00.001-06:00

We believe we have found a temporary solution to the download service issues, if you do not get your notification email within a reasonable amount of time (an hour or two) please contact us so we can check into it.http://geostor.blogspot.com/ Glen

Address, Parcel, Road, Ortho Updates

2010-11-08T16:56:00.000-06:00

Addresses (705,783) - This file has been scrubbed again to remove duplicate and null values http://bit.ly/Address2 Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Filename (STRUC_SITUS_ADDRESS_PT_point) Parcels- Van Buren County has been updated in this file http://bit.ly/Parcel1 Statewide dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Filenames (

Data Updates and Additions

2010-10-19T08:51:00.000-05:00

Thank you to those that continue to contribute data to GeoStor for public consumption. AR House of Represenatives District Application http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=AR+House+Viewer+APP Crawford & Johnson County Situs Address Points- updated http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Situs EPA GeoData Gateway- link added http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=EPA+

GeoStor WFS

2010-10-14T16:48:00.001-05:00

Tutorial on how to connect with ESRI:http://webhelp.esri.com/arcgisdesktop/9.3/index.cfm?TopicName=How_to_work_with_WFS_using_ArcGIS_Desktop The interoperability extension does not cost anything extra to install.NOTE: If you're using ESRI products you do NOT have to use WFS connect to our services!See this blog post for instructions on how to connect without using WFS:http://

GeoStor Downloads

2010-10-12T22:21:00.001-05:00

Downloads appear to be working properly, if you run into any issues please contact us. Many thanks to the diligence of Safe Software for fixing this issue as soon as possible.http://geostor.blogspot.com/ Glen

GeoStor Downloads Update

2010-10-12T10:57:00.001-05:00

Downloads are still down and we are working with the vendor to get this resolved as soon as possible, we will do another blog post when everything is functional again.

GeoStor Outage

2010-10-08T15:21:00.001-05:00

Downloads will be offline most of the weekend while we upgrade our download software to a newer version. They will be available by Monday morning at the latest.http://geostor.blogspot.com/ Glen

GeoStor Updates 10/01/10

2010-10-01T13:51:00.001-05:00

New JavaScript Viewer!http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Viewer.html This new viewer will offer new functionality previously unavailable, see the API documentation for the full listRight click menu – Get location info, show district info, and generate link to current mapZoom to address and display district infoZoom to countyNew imagery to displayAbility to embed the viewer in other web

One data set updated

2010-09-28T10:47:00.000-05:00

Boone County Assessor Office has provided parcel updates to GeoStor. Centroids- http://bit.ly/BoonePpt Polygons- http://bit.ly/BoonePpoly Thanks, Boone County for sharing the data.

Fourteen Data Sets Updated

2010-09-27T14:28:00.000-05:00

Several updates have been provided to GeoStor. Thank you to those who provide data for the GIS community to leverage. Situs Address Points- Scott County has been added http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Situs AHTD Sections- updated to correct loading error http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Public+Land+Survey+Sections+DL FEMA DFIRM Data- updated to include Benton, Greene,

Six Data Sets Updated

2010-09-24T15:52:00.000-05:00

Several updates have been provided to GeoStor. Thank you to those who provide data for the GIS community to leverage. Situs Address Point file- Baxter and Searcy County have been added http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Situs Emergency Medical Service Locations- updated http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=de2fdc269772943299906ed451e267f7 Arkansas Oil and Gas Locations-

27,551 Situs Addresses Added

2010-09-12T09:49:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Crawford County Judge Hall and the good folks at Western Arkansas Planning and Development District 27,551 situs address points have been added to GeoStor. That brings the total to 664,174 addresses with xy coordinates in Arkansas (graphic http://www.gis.arkansas.gov/Programs/acf_stat.html). File can be downloaded from: http://geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=situs

10 AR Health Department Layers Updated

2010-09-07T14:31:00.000-05:00

The Arkansas Department of Health has updated the following 10 layers on GeoStor. Public Water Systems: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=9c092a45f2c4c3a3625f9877e9dd4695 Community Health Center: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=37d9b1b78b41ddc929a1faf7c254b931 Heliport: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=1583640d2b4e338edc1f1e8222a79aaf Hospital Related

AHTD provides new datasets and updates others

2010-08-25T15:44:00.000-05:00

The Arkanasas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) has provided the 2009 Road Inventory data set for download. This data set includes 30+ attributes including functional class codes, lane widths, average daily traffic counts, ect. All of the attributes are documented within the metadata. http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=57b7ad161edbdfee5140d1fd7758a828 AHTD has also

New Orthos in the Delta

2010-08-24T11:43:00.000-05:00

High Res Image Service Eagle Forestry Services/EFS GeoTechnologies (EFS) http://www.efsgeotech.com/ collects and processes a high volume of high resolution digital orthorectified aerial imagery products each year. EFS collected roughly 6,500 square miles of eastern Arkansas between November 2009 and March 2010 for the Corp of Engineers, Memphis District. In subsequent meetings, EFS received

Cadastral data Updated

2010-08-24T07:42:00.000-05:00

Columbia and Saline County cadastral (parcel) data has been updated in the GeoStor database. Thank you for your willingness to share data with users world-wide. Clip by County Centroids: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=7245838e4221a2b6f342e7254db5236e Polygons: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=89cd86974fb8b6a858343431a5bbaa53 Statewide Dataset: ftp://

City Boundary updates

2010-08-23T10:51:00.000-05:00

The Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department has provided an update to the City Boundary file. This update includes modifications to the following city boundaries: Adona, Almyra, Amity, Arkadelphia, Austin, Bald Knob, Batesville, Bay, Beebe, Bellefonte, Belleville, Bergman, Bigelow, Biscoe, Black Oak, Bradford, Brinkley, Cabot, Caddo Valley, Casa, Cherokee Village, Clarendon, Concord,

62,623 Situs Addresses Added

2010-08-16T13:17:00.000-05:00

Thanks to Sebastian County Judge Hudson and the good folks at Western Arkansas Planning and Development District 62,623 situs address points have been added to GeoStor. That brings the total to 636,623 addresses with xy coordinates in Arkansas (graphic http://www.gis.arkansas.gov/Programs/acf_stat.html). AGIO staff also took some time to do additional scrubbing on all (636,623) to improve

Drew County Orthophotography

2010-08-04T15:58:00.000-05:00

Drew County has provided 1 foot resolution, natural color orthos for the county and half foot resolution for the City of Monticello. The data was flown and processed by Eagle Forestry Services. The data can be downloaded from http://bit.ly/95XeFM as a tiff or Mr.Sid file. Thank you goes to Judge Lampkin, Mr. Horn, 911 Coordinator, and Drew County for providing open access to the data.

Craighead County Parcel Update

2010-07-27T09:44:00.000-05:00

Craighead County has provided an update of their parcels. The GeoStor database has been updated with the data provided. Thanks goes to Craighead County for their willingness to share data. Download - http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Camp+parcel+dl FTP (for whole state)- http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=statewide+vectors+ftp

AR Road Centerline File: Two Counties Updated

2010-07-26T08:25:00.000-05:00

These updates are critical to the maintenance of the file and the state appreciates the Cleburne and Jefferson Counties willingness to share the data.County Clip: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=acf+dlStatewide Dataset: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/Filename is TRANSP_ROADS_ACF_line

Madison County, AR Parcels Now Available

2010-07-23T09:40:00.000-05:00

Thank you goes to Madison County, who recently submitted their parcels for inclusion in GeoStor. The county continues to work to complete remaining areas. Download - http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Camp+parcel+dl FTP (for whole state)- http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=statewide+vectors+ftp Name = CADAS.PARCEL_CENTROID_CAMP or CADAS.PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP

Updated School District Boundary

2010-07-20T10:45:00.000-05:00

The UALR GIS Applications Laboratory and Secretary of State have provided an update to the AR Public School District file. This file includes all of the annexations that became effective on July 1, 2010. Annexations include: 1. Weiner SD consolidated Harrisburg SD2. Delight SD consolidated Murfreesboro SD3. Turrell SD consolidated Marion SD4. Wickes SD merged with Van Cove SD (Voluntary) and

Updated School District Boundary

2010-07-08T14:53:00.001-05:00

The UALR GIS Applications Laboratory and Secretary of State have provided an update to the AR Public School District file. This file includes the resulting reallocation of Twin Rivers School District which became effective on July 1, 2010. The file can be downloaded from here http://bit.ly/b8Gokp

AR Road Centerline File: Five Counties Updated

2010-07-07T10:19:00.000-05:00

Grant, Hempstead, Howard, Prairie, and Searcy counties have all provided updates to the AR road centerline file. These updates are critical to the maintenance of the file and the state appreciates the counties willingness to share the data. Data can be downloaded in one of two ways County Clip: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=acf+dl Statewide ACF Data Set: ftp://

DFIRM Data Available

2010-06-21T15:23:00.000-05:00

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

Logan County, AR Parcels

2010-06-11T12:50:00.000-05:00

Parcels for Logan County Arkansas have been updated. Files are available to download. County / Clip: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=89cd86974fb8b6a858343431a5bbaa53 Statewide layer: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Filename: CADAS.PARCEL_POLYGON_CAMP Thanks Logan County, for sharing your data

11,119 Marion County Address Points Added

2010-05-25T10:10:00.000-05:00

Thank you extended to Marion County for providing their address points for use. The address points are now available via GeoStor. County Download: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=situs+dl Statewide Download: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/

195,357 Address Points Added

2010-05-20T11:30:00.000-05:00

Thank you to Benton, Faulkner, Mississippi, and White Counties for providing your data for use. The situs address points for each of these counties is now available for download. Jefferson County situs addresses were updated. The data will also be provided to http://www.openaddresses.org/ for further use. This data set would not be possible without a lot of people working together. Clip by county

Road Centerline File Updated

2010-05-18T13:52:00.001-05:00

Miller County Arkansas road centerlines have been updated in the Arkansas Road Centerline File. County Clip: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=acf+dl Statewide ACF Data Set: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ Thank you, Miller County for providing your data.

2008 Impaired Waterbodies

2010-05-18T13:51:00.000-05:00

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality has released the 2008 Impaired Waterbodies (303(d) List) shapefiles to GeoStor. The 2008 Impaired Waterbodies list includes the category 4a streams and lakes and the category 5 streams and lakes. This list has been formatted to reflect the guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the development of the Integrated Water

Jefferson County, AR Parcels Now Available

2010-05-12T14:05:00.000-05:00

Thank you goes to Jefferson County, who recently submitted their parcels for inclusion in GeoStor. The county continues to work to complete a few remaining areas. Download - http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=Camp+parcel+dl FTP (for whole state)- http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=statewide+vectors+ftp

April 30 & May 1, 2010 Storms-Part2

2010-05-10T08:51:00.000-05:00

Link to ftp (ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20100430_Weather) Little Rock National Weather Service has surveyed storm damage within their area of coverage and provided a new KML file that includes confirmed tornadoes. Data20100430-0501-Surveyed Tornado Tracks.kml- Surveyed tornado damage from the LR-NWS Dan Kock (@wxmandan) provided a blog post this weekend that provides additional insight

April 30 & May 1, 2010 Storms

2010-05-03T09:01:00.000-05:00

Link to ftp (ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20100430_Weather) Little Rock National Weather Service continues to survey damage from this weekends storms. They will provide tornado track information as soon as they can. Currently the following information is available on the ftp site. Data 20100430_StormTracks.kml & .shp - Preliminary storm tracks provided by LR NWS. These do not

April 30, 2010 Strong Storms

2010-05-01T09:12:00.000-05:00

Strong storms passed through the state on April 30, 2010. These storms produced several sever thunderstorm tracks and possible tornadoes. The AGIO has set up an ftp site to provide a single place to gather and distribute maps, and GIS data related to this event. Link to ftp (ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Event/20100430_Weather) Please consider sending your data and/or maps related to this event

City Boundary and Road Centerline Updates

2010-04-27T15:13:00.000-05:00

City Boundaries- provided by the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?id=1e4ac0a30bf74bbfc90af81180b36265 Arkansas Road Centerline file- Madison, Union, and Woodruff provided by each county Clip, format, ship- http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=acf+dl Statewide in shapefile format- ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/Public_Statewide/ (

Data Updates to Fire & Law Enforcement

2010-03-23T13:52:00.000-05:00

The fire station and law enforcement layer have been updated. http://bit.ly/c6lail

Jonesboro, AR Road Data Added

2010-03-23T12:42:00.000-05:00

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 2009 NAIP aerial image." stated Rusty McAllister, GIS Coordinator for

New Data- Justice of Peace Districts

2010-03-13T20:11:00.000-06:00

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, Cleburne, Columbia,

City Boundary updates & Situs Address Edits

2010-02-25T14:43:00.000-06:00

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

Situs Address Point File

2010-02-24T15:47:00.000-06:00

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

2010-02-23T10:09:00.000-06:00

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 the data readily available for public and private use. AGIO staff met with a major

GeoStor Outage

2010-02-16T09:01:00.001-06:00

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://geostor.blogspot.com/ Glen

pARcelmaps.org

2010-02-11T09:39:00.000-06:00

Mike Hamby GIS Specialist, Crawford County Assessor's Office announced http://www.parcelmaps.org/ yesterday. This site is intended to provide access (via a viewer) to parcel information that resides in the public domain. Access to the viewer has been added to GeoStor http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=pARcelmaps. Parcel data can be downloaded here http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/

Road Centerlines: One Step Closer

2010-02-06T16:34:00.000-06:00

The Arkansas Road Centerline file has been updated and now includes Cleveland County. Data sharing in Arkansas is nothing short of awesome. Big THANK YOU to those that continue to contribute to the Arkansas Road Centerline File effort. AGIO staff are working with Newton County and hope to have it posted in the coming months. The ACF file has exceeded the capability to be downloaded via clip, zip

2009 NAIP Imagery Now Available

2010-02-04T10:34:00.000-06:00

Thank you to Steve Walker, Farm Service Agency (FSA) for providing the 2009 1-meter natural color orthos created via the National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP). The files are available for download via ftp: ftp://ftp.geostor.arkansas.gov/geostor_raster_01/2009/NAIP The Ortho Footprint for Files on GeoStor FTP has been updated as well: http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=ortho+

Arkansas Road Centerline File Updated

2010-01-22T14:12:00.000-06:00

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/ Updates Arkansas Ashley Baxter

Zip+4 and Situs Address Data Available

2010-01-11T13:26:00.000-06:00

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/8o2s1Q Situs Address Data - http://bit.ly/5GL3Kz

Cadastral data Added and Updated

2010-01-08T10:48:00.000-06:00

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 Files Baxter (pt/poly) Carroll (pt/poly) Columbia (poly) Hot

WGS84 Conversion

2009-12-22T11:49:00.001-06:00

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 projection, so it makes mashups A LOT easierGPS points would work (they have to be converted to UTM now)Our services would

GeoStor Update

2009-12-09T13:19:00.003-06:00

So many things going on! Brief summary:There were some issues with raster downloads, these should be fixed nowYou also shouldn't be able to download a raster data set in incompatible formats nowBIG NEWS!!!!Most of our storage hardware will be out of warranty in a few months and you know what happens when stuff goes out of warranty…We petitioned for funds to replace that old hardware and it was

Data & Metadata Updates

2009-11-13T10:37:00.003-06:00

Izard and Calhoun County have been added to the Arkansas Road Centerline File http://bit.ly/4juvmq Press release available on AGIO Blog http://agioar.wordpress.com/ Various Statewide Datasets are being exported to the FTP site (weekly) for use by a number of users. http://bit.ly/3rXKcb White County has been added to the cadastral layers http://bit.ly/ak3cQConnections to WMS (http://bit.ly/2wQMH0

GeoStor Outage & Download Issue

2009-11-03T16:24:00.001-06:00

DIS will be having a power outage this weekend so GeoStor will be offline for part of Saturday and all of Sunday. I expect that GeoStor will be back online Monday morning at the latest. We are also having some issues with downloads and are working to resolve them. GlenGeoStor Blog: http://geostor.blogspot.com/

GeoStor FTP Server Issue

2009-10-20T15:23:00.001-05:00

It looks like the FTP server issues have been resolved (for now anyway). Let us know if you have any issues. Also, we are really close to migrating to a new FTP server, hopefully within the next week or so. Hopefully that will resolve all the issues we have been having with the old FTP server.GlenGeoStor Blog: http://geostor.blogspot.com/

GeoStor Outage

2009-10-19T14:25:00.001-05:00

Our FTP server has experienced some data corruption (again) and I am attempting to repair it, however this means that Downloads are down as well. I expect the repair process to continue though the evening since the disk being repaired is 2TB in size. I have posted a notice on the GeoStor home page and I will do another blog post when everything is resolved.GlenGeoStor Blog: http://

GeoStor Updates and Outages

2009-10-16T15:42:00.001-05:00

OutagesWe are currently experiencing issues with our FTP server so if you are unable to get to an FTP link that worked previously that is probably why. I expect to have this resolved by Monday but there are no guarantees unfortunately. On to happier things…UpdatesWe have added some pretty cool features and fixed some more bugs as usual. We also have some exciting things that are up and coming as

GeoStor More Data & Updates

2009-09-29T10:49:00.003-05:00

The following data has been added or updated throughout the GeoStor System. We appreciate all those willing to coordinate and distribute information via GeoStor- Thank You!Additions:These orthos have not been added to the High resolution ortho service. We are still working on our long term strategy to handle the high resolution orthos in an timely manner.* 2009 Benton and Washington County orthos

GeoStor Updates

2009-09-22T12:33:00.001-05:00

Whew. What can I say, been really busy as usual and haven't posted any updates in awhile. So without further ado, here they are:Upgraded ArcGIS Server to 9.3.1 and converted all our services over to the new MSD format. They are very fast! I should have done this a long time ago!Our services should be accessible from anywhere or any application now.We have setup a geometry service, check it out:

ArcGIS Image Server Extension- Discussion

2009-09-22T11:05:00.006-05:00

AGIO staff have been discussing the addition of the Image Server Extension to the GeoStor infrastructure. We would like to hear your thoughts.WhySeveral cities and/or counties in the state of Arkansas have acquired 1 foot and six inch ortho photography. They are interested in making the data publicly available via GeoStor (thank you). AGIO staff believe this will be a growing trend and want to be

GeoStor adds High Resolution Orthos- ArcGIS Map Service & WMS

2009-09-21T11:52:00.001-05:00

High resolution orthos for Faulkner County, Pulaski County, Saline County and the City of Van Buren were released last week. These files are large and several have experienced problems downloading them due to the file size. AGIO staff have generated a WMS and ArcGIS map service. Users are welcome to connect to this service in lieu of downloading. Plans are in the works to generate a map cache for

Attention: Outage

2009-09-17T08:59:00.003-05:00

Many of you noticed an issue with connecting to various services and ftp on Tuesday. The issues were resolved with a quick fix. We will be taking GeoStor off-line Friday (9/17) at 5pm and working to fully resolve the issues. We plan to have GeoStor back on-line by late Sunday night.Please contact geostor@arkansas.gov if you have any questions.Posted from http://geostor.blogspot.com

More GeoStor Data / Apps / Updates

2009-09-16T11:02:00.002-05:00

This update includes a number of additions to the GeoStor Platform. We appreciate all those willing to coordinate and distribute information via GeoStor- Thank You!Data* Geologic Data - provided by the Arkansas Geological Survey * Pdf and Footprint for available files (with ftp link) * http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/G6/Home.html?q=digital+geologyHigh Resolution Orthos http://bit.ly/

GeoStor Download Issues

2009-09-11T13:08:00.001-05:00

The download issues should be resolved now. They were unrelated to the FTP outage, it was one of those "I'm going to do this to fix this issue but then it broke something else" things. If you got a failure or nothing at all, please resubmit your download.GlenGeoStor Blog: http://geostor.blogspot.com/

GeoStor Outage Resolved

2009-09-10T18:56:00.001-05:00

The file system repair has completed and as far as I can tell everything is functioning properly again. Unfortunately, if you submitted any downloads today you will have to resubmit the job. Let me know if you run into any issues that may be related to this outage.GlenGeoStor Blog: http://geostor.blogspot.com/

GeoStor Outage

2009-09-10T13:46:00.001-05:00

Our FTP server has experienced some data corruption and I am attempting to repair it, however this means that Downloads are down as well. I expect the repair process to continue though the evening since the disk being repaired is 2TB in size. I have posted a notice on the GeoStor home page and I will do another blog post when everything is resolved.GlenGeoStor Blog: http://geostor.blogspot.com/

GeoStor WMS Services Take 2

2009-09-04T14:27:00.002-05:00

I have edited the previous blog post to reflect the URLs to the WMS services that actually work. Sorry for any inconviences this may have caused.http://geostor.blogspot.com/2009/09/geostor-wms-services.htmlGlenhttp://geostor.blogspot.com

GeoStor WMS Services

2009-09-03T12:55:00.003-05:00

It has come to my attention that we never published the URLs to our WMS services. So without further ado, here they are:http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/ArcGIS/services/BASEMAP/MapServer/WMSServerhttp://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/ArcGIS/services/ORTHO2006-WMS/MapServer/WMSServerhttp://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/ArcGIS/services/DRG_24K-WMS/MapServer/WMSServerhttp://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/ArcGIS/

GeoStor Notice

2009-08-17T13:21:00.006-05:00

1. Written GeoStor Tutorial is now available. A link to the tutorial has been added to the menu bar (Help)2. A vector footprint representing all of the ortho data on the GeoStor FTP site is now available for download. We were tired of searching through the ftp to determine all of the vintages of data that might be available for a location and thought you might be as well. The file includes year,

GeoStor Enhancements

2009-08-13T08:36:00.003-05:00

We have been rolling out a number of enhancements for the past two weeks. The remaining enhancements rolled out last night.1. View Thumbnail column returned with your search results.2. Full listing of all metadata records with Thumbnails available at http://www.geostor.arkansas.gov/metadata/3. Persistent unique ID added to metadata records that can be used if you need to link directly to a single