I’m confident that my recent post asking that ESRI add some support for OpenStreetMap had nothing to do with it, but I’m still happy to report that ESRI rolled out its new ArcGIS.com web site and one of the new basemaps is OSM. Pretty cool.
I could quibble. For example, there are no tiles for the highest zoom levels, and that just seems like a sad omission. Nonetheless, there’s global coverage and it’s a major vote of support for OSM. BTW, I also think the design of the new ArcGIS.com web site represents a vast improvement overt the ArcGIS Online system. It’s got a straightforward user interface and muted style that’s easy on the eye.
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