Overview
The Community Asset and Development Information System (CADIS) is a project that brings together the private and public sector to create a high quality geographic information system for Northwest Arkansas. The Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) of the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville is partnering with the National Association of Counties, Intergraph Corporation, The Bank of Fayetteville, and the Northwest Arkansas Council to provide an extensive suite of information about the region to the counties, communities and businesses of the area.
Whether it's a question of locating a new industry, improving regional transportation, determining the need for a new middle school or preserving water quality - making the best decision requires the best information. Geographic info (computerized map) on transportation, demographics, infrastructure, soils, and many other types of info, along with software to analyze the info, will be part of the project. The geographic information will be provided over the World Wide Web at no cost to users. In this way the system is able to answer a wide variety of questions.
