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The above photo is a screenshot of the state GIS office’s Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI) Map Viewer. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said in a press release the 2017 aerial imagery, which shows new infrastructure and developments, as well as water, power and gas lines, and administrative boundaries, will “better prepare counties for future infrastructure and economic development.
State GIS office completes county mapping project
Editor’s note: Tis article was originally published in the Jan. 3, 2018, issue of Talk Business & Politics. It is reprinted here with per- mission from Talk Business & Politics CEO Roby Brock.
maps, showing new infrastructure and developments, in addition to water, power and gas lines and administrative boundaries such as school districts and city boundaries. Te new maps will “better pre- pare counties for future infrastructure and economic development projects, as well as provide for faster response times from local law enforcement and emergency personnel,” according to the release. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the completion of the months-long mapping project at a news conference Dec. 27 at the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville, where he deliv- ered in a ceremony following the announcement the final set of maps to county officials. He was joined by Shelby Johnson, state geographic information officer. “Te face of Arkansas is changing rapidly,” Hutchinson said in the release. “Counties all over the state are building new roads,
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rkansas has completed an update of digital maps for each of its 75 counties, according to a press release from the Governor’s Office. County officials now have access to updated aerial
widening existing highways, adding businesses, homes and de- veloping entirely new neighborhoods. Having an up-to-date, de- tailed map of our state is a key tool for economic development and expanding infrastructure as our state continues to grow. “Additionally, these updated maps will greatly assist first re- sponders in emergency situations when a speedy response by law- enforcement agencies and rescue crews can mean the difference between life and death. Tis is a much-needed upgrade to our system of state maps, and I applaud Shelby and his team for com- pleting the project in such a timely and efficient manner.” Te maps can be viewed online at
gis.arkansas.gov. Go to “Map
Viewer.” Scroll to the bottom of the list of layers and click the box for “2017 aerial imagery.” Te aerial images were captured with digital orthophotogra-
phy, which encodes latitude and longitude coordinates into im- ages for use in geographic imaging, according to the press release. “I’m proud this project came together so smoothly,” Johnson said in the release. “We know our partners in local and state gov- ernment needed new imagery for their mapping purposes, and, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
COUNTY LINES, WINTER 2018
It is especially
rewarding for me to know this imagery will be put to work in 911 systems all over the state and save lives.”
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