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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>ESRI has published a standard for accessing map data via REST webservices:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/arcgisserver/archive/2010/09/07/The-GeoServices-REST-Specification_3A00_-An-open-standard-for-GIS-Web-services.aspx">http://blogs.esri.com/Dev/blogs/arcgisserver/archive/2010/09/07/The-GeoServices-REST-Specification_3A00_-An-open-standard-for-GIS-Web-services.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>They have made a good deal of map data available for non-commercial purposes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services">http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This includes a reasonably current world street landbase:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer">http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Street_Map/MapServer</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So now the questions: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>How can I most easily display this landbase as a layer in OpenLayers?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does OpenLayers support the GeoServices REST specification? Is there any work in progress to do so?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Any idea how much work would be involved to add such support to OpenLayers?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If I cannot access GeoServices REST data from OpenLayers, does anyone know of an Open Source WMS/WFS server that does/will support GeoServices REST data?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>