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.