The Web Map Server Implementation Specification (WMS), originally developed and published by the Open Geospatial Consortium, was finally adopted by ISO as an international standard. According to this standard maps are presented either in picture formats or graphic element formats.

In this paper a framework named SUAS for supporting extended Web Map and map community Services will be presented. Geo-data is converted to Well Known Text format (WKT) and stored in a database management system, retrieved by the WMS server upon user request and transferred through the Internet. Finally it is visualized in Web browsers or using special map clients. Besides supporting the WMS standard operations, additional formats and extensions have been included in this framework.

Users of this map server and community platform have the ability to create their own Atlas, which is the collection of geo-data and represents an own map server, to share the geo-data or cooperate in open web map project. The development proves that open, XML-based standards in combination with modern programming languages and integrated development environments allow rapid implementation of recommendations and standards in geo-informatics.