Arkansas § 15-21-502 Definitions

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§ 15-21-502 — Definitions

Arkansas § 15-21-502

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Bluebook

Ark. Code Ann. § 15-21-502 (2026).

Text

As used in this subchapter:

(1)"Agency" means any agency or instrumentality of the State of Arkansas that utilizes geographic information systems data;

(2)"Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office" means the office that provides administrative and technical support to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, including, but not limited to, staff, hardware, software, and representation;

(3)"Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure" means the combination of state framework data, data repository, or GeoStor, distribution mechanisms, and the staff and organizational structures necessary to accomplish these activities;

(4)"Digital basemap" means a computerized representation of map information;

(5)"Digital cadastre" means the storage and manipulation of computerized representati

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As used in this subchapter: (1) "Agency" means any agency or instrumentality of the State of Arkansas that utilizes geographic information systems data; (2) "Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Office" means the office that provides administrative and technical support to the Arkansas Geographic Information Systems Board, including, but not limited to, staff, hardware, software, and representation; (3) "Arkansas Spatial Data Infrastructure" means the combination of state framework data, data repository, or GeoStor, distribution mechanisms, and the staff and organizational structures necessary to accomplish these activities; (4) "Digital basemap" means a computerized representation of map information; (5) "Digital cadastre" means the storage and manipulation of computerized representations of parcel maps and linked parcel databases; (6) "Framework data" means commonly needed data themes developed, maintained, and integrated by public and private organizations within a geographic area. These data themes include, but are not limited to, digital cadastre, public land survey system, elevation, geodetic control, governmental units, hydrography, orthoimagery, transportation, soils, and geology; (7) "Metadata" means a description of the content, ancestry and source, quality, database schema, and accuracy of digital map data; (8) "Spatial data" means information that identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the earth. This information may be derived from, among other things, remote sensing, mapping, and surveying technologies; (9) "Spatial data repository" means the physical location and content of the state's consolidated spatial data; (10) "State Chief Technology Officer" means the Director of the Division of Information Systems; (11) "State Geodetic Advisor" means the coordinator of the state's network of geodetic control monuments; (12) "State Geographic Information Officer" means the person who provides administrative and technical support to the board; and (13) "State of Arkansas Enterprise Architecture" means the same as the definition set out at § 25-4-103(16) .

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 6073, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2015, No. 103,§ 9, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1995, No. 1259, §§ 2, 7; 1997, No. 914, § 27; 2001, No. 1250, § 2; 2003, No. 1473, § 32; 2009, No. 244, § 1.